Meditations on "Powerless"

For all of us there came a time when we could no longer avoid the realization that our lives were a mess.

What came first the chicken or the egg? When we called out to God in our powerlessness, did we suddenly show up on His ‘locating system’ or was He already waiting and available when we called for help?

Often, physical or emotional abuse exists in relationships where one or both parties are in some form of addiction.

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.

Transition is difficult. It requires that we leave something behind and move into something new.

Some of us slid into destructive and addictive lifestyles out of a desire to have friends and companions to belong to.

One of the great comforts and challenges, all at the same time, is the reality that we are powerless to manage our lives on our own.

When we realized our powerlessness over our dependency and came into recovery our daily routine started to change.

Jesus told a story of a man who was hiring day laborers.

Life in recovery is about living in truth, and the truth is that on our own our hearts are vulnerable.

Most of us think that we would be living happy and contented lives today if we had never known adversity and heartache.

We came into recovery because life as we knew it was not working.