Meditations on "Recovery"

This is the first Sunday of Advent. The word Advent means “Coming” and Advent is a season of the church year when many Christians observe a time of preparing for both the celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming.

One day when Jesus was at a dinner party given by a religious leader an uninvited woman with a bad reputation in the community entered the room.

Our lives in addiction were often shaped by characteristics of impatience and selfishness.

We all long for the joy and comfort of being in a loving intimate relationship with another.

ife with God in recovery is structured around telling the truth in all circumstances.

One of the central pillars of the recovery world is the sharing of our experience, strength, and hope.

Two women who went to a Tim Horton's coffee shop, bought many doughnuts and cups of coffee and began to give them out to people who were coming in as a "random act of kindness.

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

Today we remember blood that was spilled on battlefields around the world by brave men and women who gave their lives for the cause of freedom and justice.

The founders of AA and the 12 Steps were aware of Biblical principles and based on these, they structured the program of Alcoholics Anonymous to include peer counselors whom we call sponsors.

No one likes trouble. We all want trouble to go away as quickly as possible.

In our life in recovery daily circumstances may often feel overwhelming and confusing.