Meditations on "Recovery"

Feelings cannot always be trusted. They often point us to an incorrect perception of who we are, who God is, and what is happening in our circumstances.

When we have admitted to ourselves and another human being the harm we have caused, the next step is to ask God to forgive us for our self-centered way of living.

Relationship difficulties may have impacted our lives from the time we were very young children.

Have you tried putting together a toy or a piece of furniture which came with detailed instructions which you ignored, and then near the end, found an important piece that actually needed to go in place at the start for the whole thing to fit together?

We may not see what goes on inside us, but the Bible tells us there is a battle going on for control of our minds.

A saying we often hear in stormy life circumstances and recovery circles is "live one day at a time.

Deep within each person is the desire for approval from others – particularly from those we consider significant to us.

Even though we usually associate individuals living in addiction as “party people” the truth is that using substances almost always takes away from our ability to relate to other people, to form friendships, and to do meaningful things with them.

When we have walked with the Lord for a period of time our natural inclination is to praise Him for all He has done for us.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

We are not always the best judge of what confidences need to be held or which need to be disclosed.

Steadily moving forward in recovery is not easy. As we awaken out of the haze of years in addiction our minds are often filled with memories of things done to us and things we have done to others.