Came to Believe

I’m very excited to read this book! I just finished reading Living Sober and this book seems like it will be inspirational and interesting and I’m really happy it’s here!

“Came to Believe,” by Alcoholics Anonymous , is a compilation of stories from AA members describing their spiritual awakenings, also called spiritual experiences. In order to stay sober and have the compulsion to drink removed, AA members seek a higher power. There is no doctrine or dogma required in finding a Higher Power. Anyone can do this; whether a believer, non-believer, or skeptic. AA members seek a higher power as they understand that higher power. More than 75 AA members share their experiences of how this happened to them in this book.

Last year when I was in a treatment center called Timberline Knolls, I was introduced to the 12 Steps and DBT principles. I've taken both with me back into the "real world" and have used them to stay on track with my recovery. One of the things I struggled with a lot was defining the difference between spirituality and religion. I was raised Catholic and knew I didn't want to be associated with that anymore. When searching for my Higher Power in the 12 Steps, I knew that for me that would be God, but I didn't know how to define that relationship without getting another man-made religion involved. I talked a lot at TK about the concept of spirituality with a sponsor and some of the other employees there and was happy to learn that spirituality doesn't necessarily mean that you don't believe in God, it's that you're leaving behind the regulations of a church and defining that relationship yourself. This book helped to expand on that for me and provided some deeper insight to it. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is searching to find that relationship with their Higher Power, whether it's God or something else, because the presentation is clear and informative. It's very short and an easy read.

If you are into AA and God, this is an amazing inspirational read.

Great book if you are in recovery, or the AA program. I have read it again and again, and always get some nugget of wisdom out of it. We, and other groups, often use this in reading meetings. Also great for a bedtime read. This and Living Sober are my go to's for before bed reading, if that helps anyone who knows.

Lots of stories about how others Came to Believe and their experiences with struggling to find the God of their understanding.

This is a great little book - very thin, an easy read. It is full of first-person stories relating how each person came to believe in a higher power. It is inspiring and enlightening - it shows many different ways that people have grappled with this issue and what happened in their lives as a result.

Came to Believe is a very good book with a very good proposition, as it is for Alcoholics first and foremost, and from my experience the most successful, happiest, joy-iest and free-iest people I know have come to believe in a power greater than themselves--anything greater than themselves--will do the trick and this book tells some pretty amazing stories! So find a comfy spot, grab a cup of coffee or tea and clear your mind of any preconceptions or resentments of how GOD is gonna get you! and have an open mind and just see what has worked for others and who knows, this just might work for you too. And like I shared last night, if nothing else give the universe the good, the bad and the indifferent and stop trying to figure it all out by yourself, and just relax and see what can happen if you just let go and let a Group of Drunks tell their story--by the way for some of us G-Group o-of D-drunks was our first God we could rely on and trust. Have a nice day!