Recovery Meditations

While watching the evening news, we often hear about a disaster caused by someone driving while drunk or high or learn the next grim statistic in the crisis around the world due to opioid addiction.

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope within us that what has been impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible when we reach out for help to a power greater than ourselves.

Fear is a disturbing emotion which is triggered by the expectation that something unpleasant is about to happen.

Almost everyone says they hate gossip and yet many of us are easily drawn into conversations that are unkind.

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility. We need to acknowledge, “I don’t really know what is best for me but I’m willing to try new ways and learn from the experience of others.

When we wake up each morning, are our first thoughts a desire to praise God for His grace and goodness to us or, are they focused on our problems and things that need to be done?

Co-dependency is a relationship addiction. People who are co-dependent often form relationships that are one-sided, emotionally destructive, and often abusive.

Emotions, stress, troubles in a relationship, illness, or just talking about the past can trigger an obsession in us to relapse.

God knows we can’t find our way on our own and that it’s impossible for us to consistently choose to behave in healthy ways, no matter how much we want to.

It takes courage to live in recovery. Admitting that our lives were unmanageable, and we were powerless to sort ourselves out took real courage.

We started lying a long time ago to cover up and hide from the truth.

We all long to experience love from our family, friends, and people we respect.