Jeff Tabler joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. He recently celebrated his 1 year Sobriety Anniversary 2 days before St. Patty’s day. He’s a prominent member of the SHAIR Private Facebook Group and very active in his local recovery community. But prior to joining 12 step recovery Jeff battled with severe alcoholism that lead to 5 DUI's, incarceration, and the loss of his wife. Join us now and hear the whole story. Clean Date: March 15, 2015 Omar: Let me ask you this, Jeff. How do you maintain your spiritual condition, that conscious contact with a higher power? Jeff: Prayer. Prayer and meditation. Every morning I get up. People say get up and hit your knees. I just don't. I don't know. I'm not the kind of guy. I can talk to God as a man, and I feel like I don't have to get up and literally ... I get that maybe it's figurative for people, sometimes. I just lay in bed, I open my eyes, I think through my day, and I ask my higher power, I ask God. I say, "What would you have me do today?" Then I carry on throughout my day and if I start to question what's going on, I stop and try to center myself. I don't need to take fifteen, twenty minutes to meditate, either. If I need to stop for thirty seconds, a minute and a half, just to stop and say what's my motivation here? Am I doing this out of necessity, or am I doing this as an attention seeking behavior? I can usually figure that answer out right away.