Meditations on "Recovery"

In the past, many of us primarily identified ourselves by the names people called us or by the labels they put on us.

I pray with all my heart; answer me, Lord! I will obey your decrees.

To give our will and our lives over to the care of God requires that we develop a whole new way of thinking and believing.

Life is a gift. Our new life in recovery is not something we earn but something we are given.

Many of us who have experienced destructive lives in addiction have known the experience of being an “outsider”, of not really belonging, of feeling distanced or detached.

O Lord, you are righteous, and your regulations are fair.

When we were living for our own self-interest and feeding our addictions, it was easy to become consumed by our own wants or needs.

Recently, in our city, they celebrated the achievements of many people in the “Courage to Come Back Awards” ceremony.

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.

God’s will for men and women is to live at peace with one another.

God's trustworthy plan for us is to become whole in body, mind and spirit, regardless of how much pain and loneliness, anger and frustration, dissatisfaction and discouragement we have buried in our hearts.

When we reached the bottom in our addiction we knew we needed help to get ourselves out of our tangled brokenness.