“You just have to find a higher power you can do business with,” Margery suggested one morning when I admitted that I hated Christianity. “This isn’t about religion, honey.” For her, God was the key to staying sober. Her relationship to God wasn’t doctrinal. It was functional. “Just stop thinking about it so damned much. When you get up in the morning ask God to help keep you sober, and before you go to sleep thank him.”
