Recovery Meditations

Today in North America we honour and give thanks for the collective labour-force of our nation which includes people from our families and those in our communities.

When we have completed the twelve steps of our recovery program, we are just at the beginning of our new way of life.

Making amends requires a will to do so. Some of us struggle to be sorry for our actions towards others or are more offended by what another person did to cause our reaction.

“We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

When we decided to give our will and life over to the care of God, many of us were unsure of our identity and, if we are honest, are still uncertain of who we are right now, and certainly about who we will become.

Often when we begin our new life with God in recovery, we get discouraged because we feel we are unable to control the urges of our old nature.

Those of us who are recovering from the mess of our lives know there is a hunger and thirst within us for something more than what life has offered us so far.

There are seasons in each of our lives which are fruitful and others which are not.

In our life in addiction we became self-centered and uncaring in our attitude towards life and everyone around us.

Sometimes we choose not to bless someone because we judge them as unworthy.

The contrast of destructive self-centeredness in active addiction with the healthy lifestyle of supporting one another in recovery is clearly expressed in Promise 7 of AA: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.

When we have been consciously walking in the ways of God for a time and a disaster strikes, we often think that we must have done something wrong to deserve what has occurred.