Meditations on "Recovery"

"Unforgiveness is like drinking a cup of poison and hoping the other person dies.

How often have we seen the promise of sunny days gets taken away by fog that drifts in and settles over the city.

While we lived in our old way of life we were hemmed in by the demands of our addiction and the guilt that accompanied it.

How many of us have fallen in life to places where we never dreamed we could have been?

If someone was to evaluate our daily communication with others, would they describe us as gentle or harsh?

If we really want to get well, we need to stop using our problems as a means of getting attention, sympathy or pity.

Sometimes we stand in the way of our own healing. We need to ask ourselves the question, "Do I truly want to get well?

When we were in the pit of our addiction God pursued us with His love and brought us out of darkness and despair into His wonderful light.

When we look around at the lifestyle of others we may become disheartened by assuming they live problem-free lives.

For many of us life sometimes seems like innumerable strings all tangled and knotted together.

When we are troubled and looking for help, who or what first enters our mind?

Our former lifestyle in addiction and destructive life habits was harsh and difficult.