So, what do we do with our needs?
First, acknowledge them. God cannot meet needs that you won’t acknowledge.
If you don’t think you have needs, God can’t help you. Why would he? No point in trying to help a minor deity think he is THE DEITY. Better to let the guy go on thumping his chest until he hits a brick wall. God isn’t into forcing himself on people who are pretty sure the moon and stars revolve around them. God isn’t being mean in that case, just open to your choices –- no matter how self-destructive or deluded they may be.
And God can’t help you with needs you won’t acknowledge. Your needs will sit there shaping the course of your life.
Folks in recovery know this to be a fact. Every meeting begins with the declaration, “Hi, I’m Harry, Mary, whoever —- and I am an alcoholic.”