Step Eleven – kept very simple

 A Dummy's Guide to Step Eleven

‘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’

 

I do enjoy this step and I practice it every day after work. I get home and sit in a special chair I have with a cup of tea and a copy of the Big Book or some AA-related literature and read as much as I can. Sometimes it relaxes me so much I fall off to sleep.

With my work I find myself in some picturesque locations in and around the Plymouth area. And not so long ago it was Wembury beach, a spot about 20 minutes from Plymouth city centre. So at lunch time I went down and sat in my van in the car park armed with my Big Book and a flask of tea; the quiet and peaceful surroundings was complete bliss, perfect for a step 11.

It's not that the Twelve Steps are difficult, but what I find is the more I try and fit them in my daily life the easier they are, and step eleven helps me to accomplish this.

Here are a few books I have read on my step elevens:

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
M. Scott Peck

THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD
Henry Drummond

A DAY AT A TIME
Denis Duncan

I hope this is of some help to any one out there struggling.

Feb 2010

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