Perhaps everyone in a 12-Step program knows "God's address." According to people in Program, God lives "at the intersection of here and now."

Learning that God lives at the intersection of here and now may be entertaining, but the real question it begs is whether we are living at the same address as God or somewhere else. Most of the time, it seems that we are living somewhere else -- in the regrets or memories of the past, or in one of a multiplicity of futures which we are hoping for or are afraid of.

It is the constant daily practice of Steps 10, 11 and 12 which can center us in the moment instead of in the imaginings of our own minds. To be living in the moment, and to be aware that we are living in the moment, can be said to be the goal of most spiritually focused people, regardless of the religion to which they may or may not subscribe. Interestingly, we all started on the journey to the intersection of here and now when we first came into Program and were told to take things "a day at a time." Now, with the practice of the last three Steps, we can refine that journey by learning -- predominantly through the practice of meditation -- to live in the moment.