Meditations on "Recovery"

We were created as wonderfully complex human beings.

When we come to believe that God forgives and saves us through Jesus and choose to turn our will and our life over to His care, God makes us His own.

Over the long haul, how do we prevent relapse into addictive behaviour and maintain our choice to live in the love and grace of God?

Jesus gave us very clear instructions about loving our enemies and doing good to those who spitefully use us.

Many of us have watched movies with men or woman dueling with swords.

What came first the chicken or the egg? When we called out to God in our powerlessness, did we suddenly show up on His ‘locating system’ or was He already waiting and available when we called for help?

Many of us who experience discontentment with life are unable to settle ourselves and be at peace.

We all want progress in our life in recovery but what are the actual goals we want to achieve?

The end of Tradition 12 in the Big Book of AA sums up an important principle in our recovery: We need to regularly count our blessings.

Often, physical or emotional abuse exists in relationships where one or both parties are in some form of addiction.

Life is not perfect and has its challenges. It is so easy to sit back and let the obstacles and struggles of life get us down but there is another way to live that is much better.

When we first come into recovery we often have feelings of anxiety or depression.