Meditations on "Recovery"

The Bible tells us that love is patient. How many of us would profess to be patient?

How do we come to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity?

A character defect that most of us have is self-centeredness.

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him in the heavens above.

When we reflect on our destructive and addictive lifestyle, we begin to recognize the extent of the dumb choices we have made.

Some of us in recovery circles know what it is like to live in plenty and others of us have experienced what it is like to live in poverty.

When we turned our will and life over to the care of God, we started a life journey to live sober.

Our anticipation of events is positive when we expect something good is about to happen, such as going out to a show, taking a holiday trip, or doing something else we really like to do.

Recovery begins when we come to our senses and affirm that we are powerless over alcohol or some other substance or habit and that our lives have become unmanageable.

Planning gives us peace in our hearts knowing that we have reviewed the specifics of how to get to where we are going and what we need to get there.

My Lord, you heard my groaning. You can hear my sighs.

In the middle of the Bible, just after Psalms, we find the book of Proverbs which contains all sorts of practical wisdom about everyday living.