Eleventh-step spirituality

  Father Terry introduces a method and practice of contemplation as an opportunity to deepen meditation during the working of the 11th step for those who are in the process of recovery using a 12-Step program. The simple method of this way of prayer offers to all a discipline and rationale that can facilitate the 11th step practice.

  The 12-Step program for addiction recovery was started by Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s, and is acknowledged as the most successful overall recovery program for alcoholism to date. It has now been applied to other addictions as well. The 11th step is to "seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understand God, praying only for the knowledge of God's will for us and the power to that out."

 To learn more about the 12-Step program visit the Web site 12step.org, resources and information for 12-step programs.