He Thought the Relationship With Higher Power Was Optional – Myers R.

About This Speaker Tape

Fellowship of the Spirit Toronto group - 2021

Myers R. dismantles the idea that simply staying sober is enough warning against a 'powder dry' sobriety that leaves a person petulant and spiritually empty. He traces his own trajectory from a man who mocked prayer and felt a deep returning depression six years into sobriety to someone who finally surrendered his 'hand on the tiller' after a confrontation with Mark H. Myers emphasizes that Step 11 is not a one-time event but a constant battle against a current that pulls the alcoholic away from their Higher Power. He argues that without a spiritual relationship Step 12 becomes a self-driven nightmare. He shares concrete tools for the spiritually stuck from the Insight Timer app and the 'In Higher Power's Care' reader to the simple act of sitting outside illustrating that the path to a Higher Power can start anywhere—even with a tattoo of Thor—as long as it leads toward a transformed life.

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Timestamps

• 0:00 Opening banter and jokes about the effort of organizing recovery conferences.
• 4:15 Discussion on the 'Stans' and the trap of settling for superficial sobriety.
• 7:30 Myers describes his own spiritual void and returning depression six years into sobriety.
• 11:10 The 'tiller' metaphor: Mark H. challenges Myers on who is steering his life.
• 14:45 Laughter: Mark H.'s reaction to Myers' change in demeanor after his first prayer.
• 18:20 Reading from the Big Book regarding the new relationship with the creator.
• 23:10 The 'current' metaphor: how alcoholics drift away from recovery into mere sobriety.
• 27:40 The 'willpower' trap: a conversation with Joe M. and Cliff B. about overcoming the self.
• 32:15 The 'girlfriend' metaphor: a young man's perspective on spending time with a Higher Power.
• 36:50 Practical suggestions for Step 11: Insight Timer app and 'In Higher Power's Care' reader.
• 41:10 The story of the sponsee who moved from Thor to baptism.
• 44:30 Final plea to stop treating Step 11 as optional to avoid a bleak, stale sobriety.