Recovery Meditations

Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being transformed as we journey with God in our new life in recovery.

Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

Step Nine calls for direct amends except when to do so might cause further injury.

Making amends is a responsibility we must take very seriously if we want to protect our sobriety.

God’s heart is for us to enjoy loving and caring relationships with others.

As we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christ’s birth, some of us may have negative memories and regrets about past Christmases.

We are living in the season of long dark nights. Fortunately, the Christmas lights help to brighten the dark evenings.

Step Eight - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

What does it mean to humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings?

To allow God to remove all our defects of character is asking Him to take away everything that hinders our ability to live life to the full.

Step Six: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.