Meditations on "Recovery"

Across the planet there are discussions about how to protect old growth forests.

Some time may have passed since we completed a Step Ten of the 12-Step program and we may now assume we have it all figured out and are well on our way in recovery.

Early, if not the first on the list of qualities we need to build in our new life with God in recovery, is optimism grounded in faith – faith that trusts in God, learns from God, and builds on the promises that God gives in the Bible.

It's easy for us to become discouraged and feel sorry for ourselves when life doesn’t go the way we think it should.

Sometimes we have a blind spot to our wrong doing.

Just for today I will seek to serve others with kindness, doing what is right, and walking humbly with God.

To some degree all of us rely on ourselves to do those things that are important for life and happiness.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

Some time may have passed since we completed Step Ten, and we may be confident that we have learned a lot in our recovery.

One of the Twelve Promises of AA tells us: We will comprehend the word serenity, and we will know peace.

When we look at people who appear to have it all together, we envy them, especially when our life is not harmonious or as settled as we would like it to be.

Too many of us drive while distracted by our cell phones and other activities like changing stations on the radio or eating.