I appreciate your attitude sir.
As I'm sure you know, I'm a recovering addict and alcoholic. I agree completely that its important to find a higher power of some sort to help us get thru the tough times.
Where the disagreements always come from is when we apply labels to whatever that power is, and expect others to apply the same labels to their higher power.
When I was attending meetings and speaking regularly, newcomers were always asking what my higher power, or "God" was. I never have been a very religious sort of person, but I do have an idea that works well for me.
I would tell them that we were all riding together on a big ass rock, hauling ass thru space.....and for my whole life, the big rock had yet to run into any other big rocks. Well....to me, that meant that the big rock was following a path....and whoever, or whatever created that path the big rock followed was probably "God". So...whenever I felt like I couldn't possibly make it another minute without getting loaded, I'd talk to the guy that steered the big rock......and ask for some help.
That seemed to help these guys find something they could sorta relate to, without getting into any religious talk at all. And...it was true.