Meditations on "Recovery"

What does speaking honourably have to do with recovery?

God knows we can't find our way on our own and that it's impossible for us to consistently choose to behave in healthy ways no matter how much we think we want to.

Step One: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our life had become unmanageable.

How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.

The following teaching of Jesus may not be as well-known as the Ten Commandments but Jesus made these eight statements that have been called “The Beatitudes,” describing the kind of behaviour that brings joy to a person in their daily living.

Judging others is a problem area for many of us in recovery and something that Jesus tells us needs to change if we are to live well.

We need spiritual detoxing in order to stay clean and sober.

God wants us to have a life that is good, pleasing and perfect, and in the Bible, He teaches us what that life looks like.

In sobriety, we become aware of how much spiritual poison we’ve allowed to build up in our hearts and minds.

Saint Augustine, a wise and famous early church leader stated, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Some of us in recovery have transitioned from knowing little or nothing about the amazing God who pursued us with His love, to completely giving our will and our life over to His care.

There's nothing more refreshing than a walk in the evening with a fresh breeze.