Step Two

Came to Believe That a Power Greater Than Ourselves Could Restore Us to Sanity.

The first three words of the second step 'came to believe' means there has been a CHANGE in the participant and not in anyone or anything else in the participant's life.

It does not require you to become an evangelical bible quoting convert full of humble forgiveness and love for all mankind...although that would work too if you have a bent towards that lifestyle

So what does this business of believing in a Power Greater Than Ourselves involve?
   It is like you have turned a key to  a door to  a part of yourself that you have kept shut for too long . It may be a room in your heart that you have forgotten about, or had thought you lost while trying to exhaustion to make changes in the crazy world around you.  Believing is like taking that key and putting it into the door and turning because you are allowing yourself to hope there is something better behind that door...finally.   

What was that reference to restoring us to Sanity? Sanity implies healthy living as a result of good choices both emotionally , financially and spiritually.
 Where is the sanity when you are-- waiting up in the middle of the night waiting for your drunk/drug addict/ meth user/ filanderer to come home?--run out to the garage looking for used cigarette butts to smoke?--lending money you can't afford to lend ?--you think you have the right to make comments about the name someone has chosen for their newborn, or the dress someone is wearing, or comment to a stranger as to what they have in their grocery cart?

This believing that we will become sane again helps us look to the future with optimism and hope that sunshine will return to our world.