Main description:

With Practicing the Here and Now: Being Intentional with Step 11, you'll learn to use prayer and meditation to work all the steps, so you can make contact with the Higher Power in a way that is yours and yours alone. How do we unlock and experience the teachings of Step Eleven? Herb K. helps us realize that working-and living-this vital recovery "maintenance Step" doesn't have to be as much of a challenge as commonly thought. With Practicing the Here and Now, you'll find the guidance needed to approach prayer and meditation as practices to help you be present throughout each day, as you remain in contact with your Higher Power for ongoing inspiration and sustenance. By opening the connection to your Higher Power with what Herb K. calls "conscious intention," prayer and meditation can help you fully experience the cumulative power of each of the Twelve Steps to deepen and sustain your recovery journey.

Contents:

* Introduction* Prologue: Understanding Intentional Consciousness* Chapter 1: Prayer and Meditation as Intentional Consciousness-Step Eleven* Chapter 2: Being Unconscious and Having "No Choice"-Step One* Chapter 3: Being Conscious and Accessing "Power" Through "Choice": Steps Two and Three* Chapter 4: Awakening by Naming Obstacles to "Power"-Step Four* Chapter 5: Awakening by Establishing a Healthy Self-Steps Five, Six, and Seven* Chapter 6: Awakening by Repairing Damage to Others-Steps Eight and Nine* Chapter 7: Awakening by Dealing with Internal Disturbances-Step Ten* Chapter 8: Improving and Enlarging Awakening: Steps Ten, Eleven, and Twelve as Our Way of Life* Epilogue: Living in the World of Spirit-Practicing Intentional Consciousness* Resources* Appendix A: Prayer and Meditation-a Specific Practice of Intentional Consciousness* Appendix B: Prayer and Meditation as Integral to, and the Foundation of, Each of the Steps* Appendix C: Twelve Step Principles-Some Foundation Truths Representing Core Values That Regulate Moral Behavior* Appendix D: The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous* Acknowledgments* About the Author