Recovery, 12 Steps, and Spirituality
Those of you familiar with the 12 step programs know that identifying a personal Higher Power and "turning our will and our lives over" to HP is the foundation of recovery. My own walk through various programs led me to a deeper desire for spiritual growth and eventually to a spiritual community whose beliefs have enhanced my recovery and inspired the music and other writings on this site. Most recently, my walk has come full circle and I have taken the spiritual music back to the recovering community along with Twenty-Four Hours, a song written for recovery.
Below you will find several ways to enhance your relationship with HP in support of your recovery. The 12 Steps In Song is a lyrical walk through the steps. "The 12 Steps For Spiritual Growth" and "The 12 Steps For Relationships" mold the familiar steps, which have gifted us with guidelines for staying sober, into guidelines for living sober in our relationships and on our spiritual walk in this world.
I encourage you to consider developing support networks beyond those offered by AA, AlAnon, OA, NA, etc. Walking Alone, Together, is the definition of a group that might be called SA, Spirituality Anonymous. Yet I would prefer to think of it as SSL, Support for Spiritual Living, and not keep my involvement anonymous!
Blessings for your recovery, friend!
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| Each Day A New Beginning | Another January 1st has come and and gone. That new beginning may have been the beginning of long lasting great new habits. Or it may have been another disappointment. You don't need to way for the calendar to turn over another new year. Each day is a new beginning! | Prose | Read |
| The 12 Steps for Relationships | Similar to our drug of choice, we are powerless over other people. Learning to have healthy relationships, practicing the Serenity Prayer within relationship, is a vital part of our recovery. These steps are meant to support the process of developing relationships which are loving and supportive of our new, recovering life. | Prose | Read |
| The 12 Steps for Spiritual Growth | Spirituality is the personal journey toward discovery, acceptance, and complete expression of the amazing and unique gifts that my Higher Power created in and as me. Spirituality is the journey of a lifetime. May these steps give you courage and direction on your travels! | Prose | Read |
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| Twenty-Four Hours | a message for those in recovery | Song | Search Songs |