Faith in Daily Living

I thought I had no faith, having abandoned religion years ago and considering myself secular. Higher Power and spirituality made me uncomfortable; I sought practical help, not spiritual conversion. But then someone highlighted all the faith I already exercised daily.

I flip a light switch, trusting the electricity will flow. I eat food, believing it's safe. I drive across bridges, confident they won't collapse. I drink tap water, use elevators, sit in chairs—all acts of faith in unseen systems and others doing their jobs correctly. My life is filled with trust in things I neither see nor completely understand.

This reframe changed everything. I wasn't asked to develop a new spiritual capacity. I already practiced faith constantly in ordinary life. I just needed to extend that same trust: that a Power greater than myself could help with my problems. If I could trust an engineer designing a bridge, maybe I could trust something beyond myself with my recovery.

Seeing faith woven through my daily life made the program's spiritual element less intimidating. I wasn't starting from scratch. I was already a person of faith; I simply hadn't recognized it. Now, I could direct that familiar capacity toward my recovery and my Higher Power.

I can notice all the ordinary acts of faith I perform today—using electricity, eating food, trusting systems. If I can have faith in these unseen things, I can extend that same faith to my Higher Power and my recovery. I already know how to trust.