Hi DE. My own take on the “Higher Power” comes from the phrase “A power greater than ourselves.”
I couldn’t stop on my own so if nothing was stronger than me on my own what chance did I have? Then I looked around a room of people just like me, none of whom had been able to stop on their own but many of whom now had. My own HP has nothing to do with the G word or any divinity, but I am happy that there was something in that room stronger than myself, it meant I knew I could stop.
Some people get put off by the G word, or use it as an excuse, which is why I posted this version, it never bothered me – I vary between agnostic anbd athiest myself.
BTW I have been to many actual GA rooms and a few of the zoom ones – some are better than others but I can say that no two that I have been to are the same. So if you have just been to the one I wouldn’t rule out getting to another one.