Meditations on ""

We got to where we are today by our own irrational thinking and flawed solutions.

Jesus told many stories of what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.

"Don't quit before the miracle happens" is a slogan that's been around Alcoholics Anonymous for quite a while.

Some time may have passed since we completed a Step Ten and we may now assume we have it all figured out and are well on our way in recovery.

In certain situations, when our behaviour is challenged, we are quick to try to justify ourselves.

How many times in our addictive lifestyle were people looking for us, seeking to do us harm?

When we pray the full version of the Serenity Prayer, what are we asking God to do for us?

People who suffer from a victim mentality often confuse love with pity or rescue.

In our addiction, long periods of isolation became a way of life for us.

Many of us thought we would never sink so low in our destructive lifestyle and yet we ended up there by our own choosing.

Each day in recovery is a new opportunity to respond to God's call to live in humility, desire reconciliation in relationships, walk in forgiveness and focus on cleaning my side of the street.

Early, if not first, on the list of qualities we need to build in our new life with God in recovery is optimism grounded in faith – faith that trusts in God, learns from God, and builds on the promises that God gives in the Bible.