Meditations on "Recovery"

Having admitted the exact nature of our wrongs and accepted complete forgiveness from God brings us to the place where we are free indeed.

As we’ve applied the 12 Steps of A.A. to our lives, we’ve had a spiritual awakening.

How does admitting and confessing our character defects bring about change in our daily living?

Sorting out what went wrong in our lives and getting it written down in Step Four has already been a challenging and painful process.

Life in recovery has many vulnerable moments, especially in the early days.

In the beginning God created us to live in conscious contact with Him.

How has stored anger been a problem in my life? How have I addressed this problem?

“Continued to take a personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it” – these are wise words from the founders of AA that are meant to lead us daily to a place of peace.

Practicing an attitude of gratitude – just a happy little slogan or a way of facing each day that changes everything?

This is the holiday weekend – Thanksgiving weekend.

There is a good reason why so many folks both early in recovery and well on their journey find themselves repeating the Serenity Prayer when they bump into life situations that seem overwhelming.

Day after day, in recovery meetings and elsewhere, we pray these words: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.