Recovery Meditations

Sobriety in recovery is never a one-person activity.

We sought recovery when we admitted our lives were unmanageable, and we were powerless to change.

For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.

This new life we have been given begins each new day.

Asking God to remove all our defects of character is actually giving Him permission to expose and remove those things that are hindering our ability to live life to the full.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with self-centeredness in this way: "There often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His [God's] aid.

Keeping a record of wrongs often leads to the winding path of relapse and active addiction.

God has given gifts to everyone; no one has been left out.

We often feel awkward about bringing our recurring sins before God.

Who is more resourceful than an addict in need? Desperation really fuels the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.

We all go through times in our lives when we feel the sky is falling and we are unable to do anything about it.

The contrast of destructive self-centeredness in active addiction versus the healthy lifestyle of supporting one another in recovery is clearly expressed in Promise 7 of A.