Meditations on "Recovery"

Three of the most comforting, encouraging, and life-giving words in the English language are, "I love you".

The second promise found in the Big Book of AA tells us that if we diligently work the steps, “We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

The wisest man of his time, King Solomon compiled sayings that can be found in the book of Proverbs in the Bible.

Life in addiction is life in isolation. We figure things out on our own.

God created us to be moral beings. He has given us a conscience that, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, is intended to help us recognize when our behaviour is morally right or wrong.

Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.

We are often overwhelmed with feelings of sadness when we first enter recovery.

As we prepare to do the steps in a recovery program, who among us enjoys doing a Step Four inventory or writing out the last 90 days of our addiction?

One of the coping mechanisms many of us use when dealing with low self-esteem and the humiliation of our past failures is the mask of arrogance.

Only after a time of living in recovery with God do we realize how ridiculous we must have sounded when “we told God our plans.

We read in the program material of the 12-Steps about turning our will and our life over to the care of God.

There is no satisfaction in a partially committed life in recovery.