Before I learned the 12 step recovery program I used to think that this program was about God, Jesus and the Bible. Today I share my experience in understanding that I was incorrect and how the program is about having a higher power in my life that is of my own conception and understanding. It's also about believing that a source of power is in the fellowship, although that isn't enough, and in the 12 step recovery program. It's this power that has allowed me to recover like those before me from the hopeless state of mind and body.