Meditations on "Recovery"

SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD Over and over again, individuals who have found a successful life in recovery have found quiet places of prayer with God to be essential.

THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION There are many opinions about the nature of addiction.

A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES Under our own power, we are helpless to face the challenges of this new year.

MOVING FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT In just a few hours the new calendar year will be upon us.

When we finally surrender to the care of God it’s up to us to decide if we want what is offered through Jesus.

As we complete step work we answer lots of questions about what needs surrendering, what barriers keep us from surrendering, and what surrender looks like for each of us.

Turning our will and our life over to the care of God always involves action.

In Step 3 of the 12 Step Program we determine to turn our will and our life over to the care of God as we understand him.

Many of us, when we come into recovery, are physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually weak.

When we come into a recovery program everything is new to us.

Audio for Addiction and the Power to Change (2) When we come to understand that our life is unmanageable and we need a power greater that ourselves to overcome our addictions, we seek help through programs, ministries and strategies that have been proven to help others who have been where we are right now.

When we came to the realization that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our life had become unmanageable we knew then that we needed help.