Meditations on "Recovery"

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.

Confrontational people tend to approach situations with aggression.

We usually say an individual is “white knuckling” when they are just using willpower to stay sober.

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

Learning to control our tongue is a sign that we are becoming mature in our thinking process.

The British Commonwealth is made up of 56 countries with a combined population of about 2.

For some of us, coming into recovery has opened our eyes to the beauty of creation.

Years of aimless living in addiction kept us from becoming focused, well-organized, and productive.