Meditations on "Recovery"

God created us to be in relationship with Him and also with each other.

Just for today I will strengthen my mind. I will take a few minutes to read and meditate on God’s word, seeking God’s perspective for my life today.

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach the same destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

We are just moving into summer and hopefully looking forward to long days lounging around in the sunshine.

God doesn’t lie. God doesn’t sugar coat the truth.

Many of us struggle to recognize the difference between asking and demanding.

How can I get discernment? What do I do with it when I get it?

How do we feel when people who should know us don’t?

On pages 83-84 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous we read twelve promises that will happen as we diligently work the twelve steps.

Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Recovery meetings have common formats from place to place and there is structure to the way things are done.

Judging others is a problem area for many of us and something that Jesus tells us needs to change if we are to live well in recovery and in life.