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Over the next several weeks we’ll be posting about the 12 Spiritual Laws that our residents learn to understand and practice throughout their 90 day stay at the Mark Houston Recovery Center.

#4 The Spiritual Law of Use

The Law of Use simply dictates that if we do not use something, we lose the ability to use it.

This law is easiest seen with the physical body. When we do not exercise on a consistent basis, the muscles begin to lose their strength and endurance. If you let a car sit for a long period of time, you will experience difficulties when you attempt to start it. We see this law in effect everyday in many ways.

The same is true for our spiritual practices. If I do not use these spiritual practices on a consistent basis we will lose conscious contact with my Higher Power. Without our Higher Power and the understanding that there is a greater purpose for all that happens, the world is becomes a place of constant fear and anxiety because things do not go our way.

Along with losing this ability to connect with my Higher Power, comes the awful experience of going through life relying on myself and beginning the cycle of addiction all over again.

Over and over we see men lose their sobriety because they did not apply and work with this law. No matter what we call our Higher Power and no matter what our practice is to stay connected with our Higher Power, we must do it everyday to stay on top of our game.

What is it exactly that you can do to connect with your higher power each day? If you’ve lost the ability to connect with Higher Power, you are already experiencing the negative effect of the Law of Use. If we do not use, practice, and nurture our spiritual communications, we lose the ability to connect.

Fortunately, there is a way to change this. Begin a practice of connecting with your Higher Power today and use this each day for 2 weeks and begin to experience noticeable differences in your outlook on life.

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