Meditations on "Recovery"

We come into recovery because we recognize we are powerless over addictive substances, people, or things that we've become dependent on to sustain life as we know it.

Many of us had our character shaped in addiction by isolation and getting our own way in whatever way we could.

Today as we recover from the festivities of saying good-bye to the old year, and embrace the New Year, let us reflect on what we would like to achieve in the coming months.

Happy New Year! There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past.

As we come to the end of this year, a year filled with both accomplishments and failures, it may be a time to reflect on events that brought both joy and growth in our journey with God in recovery.

Many of us face a new year wondering about the unknown.

How long are we prepared to do the daily ordinary things we need to do while we wait for God to bring about the plans He has prepared in advance for us to do?

As we consider our future, we need to take time to reflect on where we have been and where we want to go from here.

Within each personal story of the journey from bondage to freedom is the power of the Gospel to save those who are lost.

Christmas is a family holiday. People make a special effort to return home and be with family at Christmastime.

Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why not just settle for a winter holiday of Santa and snow and parties and gifts?

Statistics tell us that 7 out of 10 shoppers on Christmas Eve will be men doing panic shopping for those they love.