Recovery Meditations

In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous there is a section on making amends and sorting things out with our families.

To be complete means that nothing is lacking. Some people have health, wealth, possessions, honour and prestige in the community.

There is a right time for everything, and everything on earth will happen at the right time.

A person with hope looks forward with reasonable confidence to something that will take place.

Peace and serenity are gifts to be received. They are treasures to be chosen.

Being a phony is an intensely tiring way to live. Giving false impressions and lying to cover up attitudes or behaviours drains us of energy and joy.

When we turn our will and our life over to the care of God, one question to ask ourselves is, “Do we really trust God to do everything He says He will do?

"Easy Does It" is one of the most well-known slogans in recovery circles.

When someone or something is the best that it can be, we say it is mature or complete.

An important part of recovery is coming to a truthful view of what happened in our relationships.

God knows we are unable to find our way forward on our own and that it is impossible for us to consistently behave in healthy ways, no matter how much we want to.

While living in addiction we were emotionally unavailable to God, to others, and to ourselves.