The Importance Of Prayer And Meditation

The Importance Of Prayer And Meditation

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? This episode of RAW Recovery drops into a very human, very honest chat about prayer, meditation and why Step Eleven can feel so awkward, confusing and yet essential for many in recovery. Host Dion shows up tired, a bit grumpy and completely honest about it.

He talks openly about being worn out from doing recovery work, then uses that very mood as a live example of why “prayer and meditation are more than things we are told to do in recovery.” For him, prayer and meditation are about slowing down, getting out of his own head and finding enough quiet to hear something beyond fear, anger or his own plans.

You’ll hear Dion break Step Eleven down into something practical: “Prayer is asking, meditation is listening.” He walks through his simple daily routine – morning serenity prayer, asking God to keep him sober that day, praying for loved ones, closing with the Third Step prayer, and a one-word prayer at night: “Thank you.” No grand rituals, no pressure, just consistency. He’s clear that he doesn’t want to tell anyone how to pray or meditate.

If someone starts with a group of drunks as their higher power, he’s fine with that as long as it’s working: the key, he says, is to keep seeking. There’s humour, too – from coffee being “part of my recovery” to joking about being too busy being put on a pedestal. Along the way, Dion talks about empathy, codependency, decompression via video games, and the emotional weight of caring deeply about others’ pain. The recurring message?

Prayer and meditation aren’t about being religious or perfect; they’re simple tools to “improve our conscious contact with God” and become better people, one day at a time. If prayer and meditation have ever felt confusing, boring or forced, this raw conversation might give you a new way to look at them – how might a small daily practice change your day?