New Thought Sobriety

If they’d-a told me two decades ago I would fall in love with living a spiritual life, I’d-a thought that was about as bloody likely as me getting hooked on the drugs and alcohol I was partying around with.

Wait. Both things happened, and not necessarily in that order.

My deep dive into spirituality had less to do with getting older, wiser, and more mature. It had everything to do with getting sober.  Ultimately I got it that sobriety and spirituality are intertwined.

Someone posted the term “intoxicating sobriety” in the comment section of a website I frequent.

I love that – I do feel intoxicated as I move through my days and nights. Not how I formerly exemplified the word, but how it’s like now.

When I first stumbled into a Center for Spiritual Living, long before I had any concept of my alcoholism, I would attempt to meditate and pray (aka spiritual mind treatment) only on Sundays. My Higher Power connection was alive but dormant, only fired up when someone said “It’s that time again.”

When I first began showing up at a Center for Spiritual Living, clueless that my drinking had morphed into a problem (but super aware of other peoples’ alcoholism), I would only meditate and pray (aka spiritual mind treatment) when queued to do it. My Higher Power connection was alive but dormant, only actively engaged when someone said “It’s that time again.”

It’s interesting to me that working the steps in a structured way is a great recipe for living a livable and lovable life.

One of my great lessons continues to be ‘trust the process.’ Specifically with regard to the steps curriculum, it’s remarkable how the realizations of each one naturally flows into and paves the way for the next.