The Principle Means Of Our Conscious Contact With God (The Daily Trudge)
The Principle Means Of Our Conscious Contact With God (The Daily Trudge)

RAW Recovery Podcast

The conversation centres on Step 11, with Dion unpacking prayer, meditation and conscious contact with God in a blunt yet humorous style. Views on AA, higher power concepts and simple daily spiritual practices are shared alongside light moments with chat interactions and cats.

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38:51•29 Apr 2026

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Prayer, Meditation and a No‑Nonsense Take on Step 11

Episode Overview

Prayer can be simple and informal; consistency matters more than perfect wording.
Meditation can take many forms, from quiet reflection to walks or listening in meetings.
If an AA group feels uncomfortable, it is acceptable to seek another group or start a home group rather than attacking AA as a whole.
A higher power concept is personal; no one else gets to define how another person believes.
Working Steps 1, 2 and 3 daily and returning to prayer after lapses can build a stable spiritual foundation.

“"Dude, keep me sober today, please. Thank you. There you go. That is a full and complete prayer."”

Curious about how others handle their relationship with a higher power in recovery? This Daily Trudge instalment of RAW Recovery Podcast follows host Dion as he walks through Step 11 from the Twelve & Twelve, keeping it honest, sweary, and surprisingly warm. The focus is squarely on "the principal means of our conscious contact with God": prayer and meditation.

Dion reads from the Twelve & Twelve, pausing to react in real time, agree, disagree, and laugh at some of Bill W.’s wording. He stresses that prayer is simply talking and meditation is listening, joking that a complete early‑recovery prayer can be as short as, "Dude, keep me sober today, please. Thank you." You’ll hear strong opinions on Alcoholics Anonymous too.

Dion pushes back against people who, in his words, "run around telling lies about AA," arguing that if a group doesn’t feel safe, you can choose another or start your own instead of tearing everything down. At the same time, he reminds everyone that AA is full of "a bunch of…criminals" in recovery, so expecting perfect safety from flawed humans is an expectation that can hurt you.

For anyone wrestling with the idea of God, there’s a down‑to‑earth take: Dion rejects a punishing deity and insists he has no right to dictate anyone’s concept of a higher power. If calling God "spatula" helps you stay sober, he’s fine with it. He circles back repeatedly to humility, daily practice, and willingness: doing Steps 1, 2 and 3 every day, asking what God wants, and simply starting again when prayer slips.

Light moments, like live chat shout‑outs to Amber and an impromptu "kitty cat break", balance out the heavy stuff. If you’re sober, sober‑curious, or wrestling with Step 11, this episode offers raw, relatable talk on building a spiritual routine that actually fits real life. How might your own idea of prayer and meditation look if you gave yourself permission to keep it simple?

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