Meditations on "Recovery"

God has told us to give all our cares and anxieties to him because He cares for us.

Our life in addiction was shaped by a controlling relationship with a destructive substance, a habit, a person – or a combination of these.

Seasons change. The temperature warms up. The grass begins to grow again.

We usually say an individual is “white knuckling” when they are just using willpower to stay sober.

Each day in recovery is an opportunity to learn something new and grow.

How are we to live without paralyzing fear in an unsafe world?

The book of Proverbs in the Bible is a collection of wise sayings we do well to learn and put into practice.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program encourages us to stay on track in our recovery with the following words: “We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Letting go of defensiveness is one necessary adjustment we need to make in order to experience growth and success in our life with God in recovery.

It is God’s plan that we not only know truth but believe truth, speak truth, and reorder our lives so that all our actions reflect truth.

One of the Twelve Promises of AA tells us: We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.

When we first come into recovery our expectation for a life free from crippling dependencies is huge.