Having had a spiritual awakening.....

[SunnyGirl]

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these
steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.

In Al-Anon, we strive for an ever-deeper understanding of these
Steps, and pray for the wisdom to apply them to our lives.

Al-Anon has changed my life forever.... I am happier and my
qualifiers are much happier! I have given up trying to make
them stop drinking or drugging and have given up trying to
fix them in anyway. I try to live by the principles of the 12-Steps
and Traditions and try to do some work on my recovery each
and every day. I try to share what I have learned here on the
boards and with people I meet in my life every day.

Giving back what was given to me, in the meetings and on the
boards here at EOR, is so important to me. This site changed
my life and the recovery friends I have made here are so
important to me. But what really brings me back here each day,
is the thought that there might be one person reading here
that desperately needed to here what I shared on the boards.
This is what makes it all worth it..... I hope EOR stays open
for a long long time! I hope any of you reading this will take a
seat and stay a while and share what brought you here!

The boards are very slow and I try to be patient....
They say good things come to those that wait, so I will leave
the light on for you!

Peace on the journey,

[Lin]

The most powerful "spiritual awakening" I ever had was very erly in my recovery. I was constantly trying to get my hubby to go to his meetings or call his sponsor. (He was on that pink cloud for abtou 30 days after his first rehab...then the relapse.) I did alot of crazy things and was constantly on his back.

I decided I'd make a GOD BOX. I wrote on ppaper that hubby's recovery methods were totally up to HIM from now on. I prayed as I put it in the box ...for GOD to take this need to nag and control away from me.

Then it happened. I had an odd feeling. It was as if a huge weight was literally lifted off of my shoulders. I really think that was a SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.

LIN

[caressa]

Have had many spiritual experiences. The first was before coming into the rooms of recovery when I walked down the hall at the YWCA and knew the girl was talking about me when she said, "I don't want to be liker HER down the hall." I asked myself, "Am I really that bad? The answer was, "Yes, I am, and picked up the phone and asked for help from the Social Worker at the Y.

Many more have followed but that was the one that got me on the road to recovery. I have felt the Hand of my God touch me many times. There has been so much healing and so much awareness, that I never cease to thank Him for His Grace and the many miracles He has chosen to give me. I can only express my gratitude by sharing with others what has been so freely given to me.

[majestyjo]

One of the big spiritual awakening for me was sitting at a meeting and sharing on Step Two. When I came into recovery, I was sure I knew who God was, I had been raised with Him all my life, after all I taught Sunday School (I was 16). I came into recovery at the age of 49 and here I am at the age of 74. I realized that I didn't know who God was and proceeded on a Spiritual Quest, which I still do today. I also realized that I had been totally insane, and one day at a time, God and I are still working on that one.

[caressa222]

Here I am at 78 and have continued a daily search for my God. I am afraid if I knew who God is, I will be dead. God is as He reveals Himself to me each day.