Hello! Mab here, alcoholic in the flesh.

"Being Spiritual" ... quite an order for us very flesh and bones humans. Drinking clouded my spirit and I was lost, although I was certainly searching. Seeking my missing pieces. Some say we're spiritual beings having a human experience, but I am not so sure. I am very much human and of the flesh. But I do recognize that I have a soul that can soar or be devastated, too. I do know somehow (because my grandmother drummed it into me), that I have a spiritual soul for which I am accountable when I meet my Creator. I am also accountable for the maintenance of my human body and mind and what I do with the gift of this life. This gift of sobriety was not earned by me ... it was granted because I asked ... begged, even. And so, I need the material world to act out my spiritual salvation, to give back this gift to others. To increase my spiritual contact, I need my mind, my soul, my actions and all of that. Sometimes the flesh is the spirit, for it is the conduit by which I must envision my spiritual being. AA Service is spirituality in action, too. And spirituality is NOT a feeling, I suspect, it is an action. Feeling spiritual is not always possible, nor may it be an endorsement for being spiritual. I have too much in my life, however, and I know I need to stop the whirl of my world, do a mini-retreat, even if it is for ten morning meditation minutes, to activate that soul and spirit connectedness. And when I am in contact with my spirit source I call God, when my mind is centered on the vast oneness of the spirit through you and prayer and good action, I am one in the spirit. And I need that. May God grant us each that spirit knowledge of His love.