How do we keep living when we seem to be drowning?

Center for Action & Contemplation Assignment:

Drowning

Rays refract

Light bends

Surface looms

Surrender enters

Lungs full

Breathing

Tread

How? Why? We are powerless, but yet we continue moving forward. What is it that causes us to take the next step? What makes us take the next right step? 

It can only be God. Even if we start the program with a sense that we are in control and there are only aspects in our lives we want to improve, the reality is that God alone moves us to the rooms. It is the very definition of Providence, or the act of care by God for us. 

But what about those who don't make that next right step? The ones that never surface the water? 

Was Providence not there? Did God simply not care? It's unlikely. It comes down to desperation, a willingness to survive, to live, to thrive. The voice of God may sound weak, but for those who take the next right step, we follow. We say, yes, I want so much more than this. 

And God is willing to provide. 

For those of us who don't drown, we are taught to tread water, knowing we could easily slip beneath the surface. 

What initial connections do you see between spirituality and Twelve-Step Programs

Everything, starting with Step One. It is in that moment that we realize that our lives are not our own and any control we think we have is a mirage. 

What challenges do you see in making connections between spirituality and Twelve-Step Programs?

Some may think the twelve steps are a religious institution and keep themselves away from seeing that spirituality is not always linked to the rigidity of religion.