Finding a reason to believe.

A line from a song goes, “and I look to find a reason to believe” It reminds me that at one time I was not able to find a reason to believe that my life was all right. Even though my life had been saved by my coming to AA, three months later I went out and drank again. Someone told me: “You don’t have to believe. Aren’t you willing to believe that there is a reason for your life, even though you may not know yourself what that reason is, or that you may not sometimes know the right way to behave?” When I saw how willing I was to believe there was a reason for my life, then I could start to work on the Steps. Now when I begin with, “I am willing” I am using the key that leads to action, honesty, and openness to a higher Power moving through my life.

Reprinted with permission of AA World Service, Inc.