Meditations on "Recovery"

At the end of many recovery meetings we say the words, “Keep coming back.

A new year often means a fresh start. For some of us, that’s when we make a further effort to clean up and get sober.

When we look around at others we may become disheartened by assuming that they are problem free.

….when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Within each personal story of the journey from bondage to freedom is the power of the Gospel to save anyone who is lost.

When we came into recovery we had a spiritual awakening.

Prayer to our gracious God, and meditation on God’s word are tools that help us rebuild our lives with God in recovery.

Step 11: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.

Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being replaced as we journey with God in our new life in recovery.

Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

Step Seven: We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.