Step 2: Finding Hope
Step 2 — Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Hope. I opened up to the idea that a power bigger than me could make me sane again.
You don't need a theology degree and you don't need certainty. You need exactly one thing: willingness to consider that help might exist beyond your own willpower — which, let's be honest, already got its chance. Your concept can start small. A group of sober people is a power greater than one struggling person.
What to read alongside Step 2
📚 Companion reading: Big Book chapter 4 (We Agnostics) and Appendix II on spiritual experience.
Written for the skeptic. You don't need certainty, only willingness.
Clears up what a 'spiritual experience' actually means here.
What working Step 2 looks like
These are the reflection questions 1more24 asks you at this step. The answers underneath are written examples — one person's, invented for this page.
What ideas about God or a higher power did you inherit growing up? Which still serve you, and which are just scar tissue?
What makes you roll your eyes at 'spiritual' talk? Name your honest objections — they deserve daylight, not shame.
Invented, not anyone's real writing — and it couldn't be. Every member's journal is encrypted with their own password, so this application cannot read a single word of it. Step 2 asks 3 more questions once you're signed in.
Working Step 2, not just reading it
1more24 gives this step a private journal, reflection questions written for it, and a companion who knows where you are in the work. Everything you write is encrypted with your own password — nobody else can read it, not even us. Free and open to all.