How have you deepened your conscious contact with your higher power? What is your practice of prayer and meditation?
Mary Pearl T leads us on an exploration of Step 11, “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” She uses stories to illuminates her understanding of the step with her usual blend of humor and depth.
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Great talk. Thank you❤️
I struggle with Step 11 and being disciplined enough to “do it” . It is so fantastic to hear Mary Pearl wisdom and humor on step 11. I will certainly try them. Thank you Spencer for all that you do.
I just listened to this beautiful episode yesterday. I am currently struggling with an alcoholic who was recently diagnosed with moderate dementia. Alcohol is most likely a contributing factor. One of the listeners asked if there were any episodes dealing with the topic of navigating life with an alcoholic who has cognitive issues as a result of their alcoholism. Since this episode was published, have there been any episodes that deal with this topic?
I always appreciate the wisdom of Mary Pearl! A listener, Matthew, shared a prayer from an Al-Anon book, “Making Choices”, p. 202. I can’t find that in any of my CAL. Can you help me locate it?
I think I found it: It’s in the book Discovering Choices on page 220. The prayer that Matthew gave is not there, word for word, but the sense of it is there. Here’s a little bit of the text: “I now approach a challenging relationship issue by first asking God to be the third party present while I’m with the other person. I ask my Higher Power to give me the words and intonation that will make our communication the most effective. I pray that God control the course of the conversation and that the outcome be the best for all concerned.”
Link: Discovering Choices—Recovery in Relationships, https://ecomm.al-anon.org/EN/ItemDetail?iProductCode=B30