Meditations on "Recovery"

Turning our will and life over to the care of God as we understand Him is just the beginning of our new life with God in recovery.

Jesus was often challenged by the self-righteous actions of some of the religious leaders who saw themselves as guardians of God’s law.

Being grateful for the people around us and the things we have, is of great value in leading a contented life in 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.