We really do this to ourselves. All of us have made the same mistakes that have led us to having the same problem that we all share. Recovery allows us to correct the mistakes we've all made that we have in common. First thing we do is change our thinking about a higher power, and when it comes to thinking that this world doesn't need one to explain it. Then after we have done this the next thing we do is get rid of thinking that we have to live life on our own, without help from anyone, or anything else. Once we have done this we'll then be able to reconnect ourselves to the power we all severed ourselves from. All of us who have made these mistakes and who have suffered from making them, are given the opportunity from us being in recovery to make things right again, and to correct these mistakes, and get our lives back on track, and live once again the way we were meant to live life.