Meditations on "Recovery"

To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.

We are not very far into our recovery program when we come face to face with Step Four which asks us to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Faith and hope in God are foundational to a positive outlook on life in recovery.

When making decisions in life, God tells us to first seek His counsel and then do what He says is right.

What a refreshing feeling it is to be free from the guilt of our addiction and dependencies.

The Bible tells us that love is patient. How many of us would profess to be patient?

I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there.

Jesus told the story of two men who went to church to pray.

Success in life and in recovery results from giving priority to learning and obeying God’s word.

It’s easy for us to become discouraged and feel sorry for ourselves when life doesn’t go the way we think it should.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

When we get rid of something bad in our lives, we need to fill the vacancy with something good.