Recovery Meditations

What does prayer have to do with recovery, particularly relapse prevention?

Step 11 of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous encourages us to improve our conscious contact with God through meditation and prayer.

After years of uncertainty and upheaval at every turn, it's wonderful to recover a life that has some stability.

S Brennan Manning wrote a book called, “Living In The Wisdom of Accepted Tenderness.

Life in addiction is life in isolation. We figure things out on our own.

Loneliness, frustration, and dissatisfaction are emotions which may either trigger a relapse, or point us to God for healing and help.

We will always feel vulnerable when we choose to live life without God.

To have a successful journey in recovery we must begin to trust God to meet our deepest needs.

While we were in addiction our daily agenda was fully centered on meeting our own needs.

When we are recovering from our addictive lifestyle we often do not feel like singing.

God is tender and compassionate. Knowing and believing that God tenderly watches over us with compassion in whatever circumstances we are in will allow our hearts to be filled with peace.

Doughnuts have dough and holes when they are first cut from dough but they don’t look good or taste good until they’ve been fried in hot oil or baked in a hot oven.