First part of the Serenity Prayer.....
Higher power grant me the serenity to help me accept the things I cannot change...
Call the H.P. whatever you want..Love, God, Quiet Power of Kindness, etc..(sometimes I think of God as just the quiet feeling I get in the forest on a beautiful day, or maybe that feeling I get when I watch the sunrise in the morning.
Call it what you want to call it. Forget the H.P. Call it the kindness of the groups that we go to...
Just going to meetings makes a difference for me. Sometimes it helps me get through the very worst. Been going to meetings for 40 years. By not being alone, the meetings probably saved my life...Been to OA, EA, AA, CODA. Sometimes I go to different meetings. Most of the times, I feel better after the meeting. 
On one particular day, I went to a meeting and was feeling very sad. My girl friend was dying of cancer and was very close to death. On that day, there were 2 other people at the meeting who were dealing with death. One person was in town for a funeral, and another was dealing with the death of a daughter from suicide. It made a difference that I wasn't alone with those feelings. (my girlfriend who I was deeply in love with, died the next day)
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