I am seeing a lot on here about needing to work or follow a spiritual program. I think in AA one of the steps is to surrender to a higher power. I’m just wondering what “spiritual program “ (or maybe “spiritual journey “?) means to you and how you apply it to your sobriety. I feel like I am essentially a spiritual being but have never found a defined path that I’ve resonated with enough to follow consistently.
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The search is part of the process. Everyone is different, commitment is the key to sobriety. Keep searching, when you find it you will know.
Perhaps it is a path you get to define. After all it is a higher power of your understanding, not necessarily someone else's!
For me, my higher power is a reminder that I don't control the world and I am not running the universe because trust me, left to my own devices I will certainly try to run my universe and yours! And that is one sure fire way for me to crawl back into a bottle.
The point is I am willing to grow along spiritual lines. Some of it I define based on my relationship with HP. Some of it I define by watching and listening to others. Sometimes, I learn from walking away from the path and having to crawl back. That's all part of the process.