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When recovery requires faith you do not have

I have been sober for six months through AA but the higher power step feels impossible because I do not believe in anything higher than myself right now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intersection of addiction recovery and spiritual belief can create impossible choices between healing methodologies and intellectual honesty.

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