Meditations on "Recovery"

In “How It Works” we read and hear the words read regularly in meetings: “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.

A famous philosopher (Aristotle) once said, “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

When we come into a recovery program, one of our priorities has to be sorting life according to what is true.

When sharing our recovery journey at meetings we often reflect on what life was like in addiction, what happened, and what life looks like now.

At most recovery meetings there are lots of handshakes and hugs and "chips" or "fobs" to honour clean time.

Fear is a disturbing emotion which is triggered by the expectation that something unpleasant is about to happen.

Whether in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, Tradition three highlights that the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking alcohol or stop using narcotics.

When we repent of our sin and surrender our will and life over to the care of God, amazing things happen.

While watching the evening news, we often hear about a disaster caused by someone driving while drunk or high, or we might learn the next grim statistic in the crisis around the world due to opioid addiction.

Almost everyone says they hate gossip and yet many of us are easily drawn into conversations that are unkind.

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope within us that what is impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible when we reach out for help to the power who is greater than ourselves.

One of our natural responses to the pressure and challenges of daily life is to indulge in self-pity.