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We came to believe that a Power greater than ouselves could restore us to sanity. ....The First Step has left us with a vacuum in our lives. We need to find something to fill that void. This is the purpose of the Second Step.... .....Many of us realize when we get to the program that we have gone back time and again to using, even though we knew that we were destroying our lives. Insanity is using drugs day after day, knowing that only physical and mental destruction comes when we use. The most obvious insanity of the disease of addiction is the obsession to use drugs. Ask yourself this question. Do I believe it would be insane to walk up to someone and ask, "May I please have a heart attack or fatal accident?" If you agree that this would be an insane thing, you should have no problem with the Second Step... .......we begin to feel the pain of living life without drugs or something to replace them. The pain forces us to seek a Power greater than ourselves that can relieve our obsession to use. . We begin to develop this relationship by simply admitting to the possibility of a Power greater than ourselves. The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring and greater than ourselves. We don't have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe. We may have difficulty with this, but by keeping an open mind, sooner of later, we find the help we need..... ...The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief. We need to accept this step to start on the road to recovery... Excerpted from BT 5th Ed pgs 22-24, 6th Ed pgs 23-25