Meditations on "Powerless"

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

“Where is life going from here?” This a question we may ask ourselves when we come to admit that we are powerless over our dependencies and that our life has become unmanageable.

All of us who have weathered the storms of an addictive lifestyle know that our days were filled with trials of one sort or another.

Transition is difficult for us when we first come into recovery.

Denial is described as a refusal to admit the truth or reality of a situation.

The night before Jesus died on the cross, He shared a meal with his friends including one of His closest companions, Peter.

. The familiar slogan “I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let Him” describes the decisions made in the first three steps of the Twelve Step program of A.

In sobriety, we begin to be aware of how much spiritual poison we have allowed to build up in our hearts and minds.

We tend to base our security on the experience of our personal relationship with others.

Thinking and acting on our own self-centered thoughts often results in confusion and grief.

We sought recovery when we admitted our lives were unmanageable, and we were powerless to change.

This new life we have been given begins each new day.