Meditations on "Recovery"

Living well with God in recovery requires many things, not the least of which is courage.

As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to be aware of and guard against is becoming complacent.

We came into recovery because we knew life wasn’t working.

In some places today is a public holiday given to celebrating family.

In our time in addiction we often considered life, even our own, as pretty cheap.

Good eyesight is a great gift. With our eyes we see and admire the beauty that God has put in our natural environment.

One of the things many of us missed while growing up was tenderness in our homes.

Self-worth is the value we see in ourselves and our role in life.

The second promise found in the Big Book of AA tells us that if we diligently work the steps, “We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

Every week, or every other week, people put out trash cans and recycling bins so they are ready for the scheduled collections in their community.

We all need a certain amount of money to buy food and clothes, pay the rent, and get around from one place to the next.

When we pray for God’s will and the power to carry it out, God just doesn’t point to something tiny or unfocused in the distance.