By Kathy L.

Bella Online's Recovery Editor

It can be big or it can be small. It can be homemade or store bought. It can be an expensive decoration or it can be an old shoebox. It can be found in any room of a home. Maybe it is hidden inside of a drawer or closet or maybe it's sitting on the kitchen counter. Maybe it is in the workplace or even in the car. Well, you know from the title of this article what I'm talking about. The God Box!

The God Box isn't something that is reserved for those of us in 12 Step Recovery. As a matter of fact, I would be fairly sure that it is something recovery programs borrowed from religious folk somewhere along the line. There is nothing in any of the AA literature that I know of that mentions a God Box or anything similar. A number of years ago, my mom had this little silk purse that was labeled the "God Bag". Even though we were adults, my sister and I would chuckle at which one of us, or our kids, might be in the "bag" at that moment. I can't speak for my sister, but I chalked it up to just another one of mom's attempts to be better than anyone else. (By the way, today I don't see my mom that way at all as a result of my first Step Four).