Meditations on "Lies"

We will come to experience a secure and happy life in recovery as we learn to be grateful and appreciate the smallest blessing of each day.

Have you tried putting together a toy or a piece of furniture which came with detailed instructions which you ignored, and then near the end, found an important piece that actually needed to go in place at the start for the whole thing to fit together?

Steadily moving forward in recovery is not easy. As we awaken out of the haze of years in addiction our minds are often filled with memories of things done to us and things we have done to others.

When making an inventory of our lives before God, some basic questions to ask are: "God what does my life look like to you?

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

When we bring our requests to God, do we come before Him with clean hands and a pure heart?

How far is the east from the west? It is a distance we can never travel and a destination we can never reach.

To hate is to have an intense dislike for something or someone.

Many of us blame God because bad things happened to us when we were powerless to change the situation.

What is loyalty? Someone who is loyal is dependable and will do what they have committed to.

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

Contentment in life does not come from trying to control someone so they will meet our needs, or by trying to please someone so they will like us and make us feel secure.