When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting. We thought the isolation problem had been solved.
But we soon discovered that, while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness. Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong.
Step Five was the answer. It was the beginning of true kinship with man and God.
AA is the place where we can find a Higher power. As we work the steps, we discover that it was God after all. He chose to be anonymous. Without a true kinship with God, I don't know where I would be. I discovered that AA's 12 steps helps me to build a conscious contact with God, and to improve on that on a daily basis by removing any blockages.
