Experience with Step 11?

[janbear]

Step 11 says, "We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."

This is my favorite step as I go on my recovery journey. I would love to see others journey with this step. What has been your experience with step 11? I will share too, but would love to hear from others first.

[MajestyJo]

This would be better placed in the Step discussion, but like you it is my favorite Step. It has evolved over the years. A lot depends on where I am at in my program and what I am going through and what I am working on.


A lot depends on how great my acceptance is and how much willingness I have and whether I am in my will or looking for God's. Many times I am looking for the willingness to be willing to be willing to align my will with God's, especially when it comes to food which is an area that I am battling with at the moment.

The 12 Steps are applicable to all areas of my life. For example, my life without a computer. Taking healthy Steps to live my life without my computer.

I have been using my Crystals, Angel Tarot decks, my books on nature and animals, my Runes, my meditations books, my Bible and Christian teachings, watching natures shows on TV, and the best thing I can do is just me alone with nothing else spending time alone with my God. I found that I have a direct line and that He answers knee mail.

[janbear]

Early in recovery my sponsor stressed the importance of my spirituality. She taught me that it started in step 2 and then 3. She always pointed out in step 11 that it states we are "improving" our conscious contact. For me it has been about changing and growing in my recovery. I use to think my God changed over time, but I discovered I was wrong I was the one changing , changing my view of Him. My God has always been and always will be the same and I am grateful for that. I am grateful to have a loving, caring and so many other wonderful attitributes about him. He has given me so much grace. How else could be put up with me? Early in recovery it was about saying please in the morning and thank you at night It has grown into so much more that that. I can actually meditate today by looking into the flame of a candle or focusing on one of my lighthouses. It has taken me a long time to get to this point. I can read Gods word, read Jesus calling, and read my dual-recovery meditation books and reflect on this. Quite a ways away from all my days of my racing thoughts and not believing that things like this actually happens to people. I always thought they were lying. Well I am proof folks. It can and does happen.

The Big Book talks about that we have a daily reprieve contigient on the maintenance of my spiritual condition. Maintain yourself spiritually daily however you need to