Meditations on "Powerless"

After years of uncertainty and upheaval at every turn, it's wonderful to recover a life that has some stability.

While we were in addiction our daily agenda was fully centered on meeting our own needs.

A person with a victim mentality has learned to focus on suffering while trying to avoid more at any cost.

As humans, we tend to base our security on the depth of our personal relationships with those around us.

Some of us find it hard to accept the fact that without God in our lives we are powerless and our lives are unmanageable.

The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.

Some of us, when we get over the celebration of Christmas and New Year, may start to wonder what it was all about.

Political leaders have come and gone. Sometimes we like those who have been elected to power and other times we wonder what happened on the campaign trail.

Some of us may have awakened this morning to the fact that our lives are unmanageable and that we are powerless over our addictive behaviour.

As we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christ’s birth, some of us may have negative memories and regrets about past Christmases.

Step Eight - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

When we entered a recovery program we may have looked around at the program staff and wondered why on earth they would choose to help us.