Meditations on "Recovery"

People who suffer from a victim mentality often confuse love with pity or rescue.

People in recovery are those who want to learn from the experience, strength, and hope of others.

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.

One of the great comforts and challenges, all at the same time, is the reality that we are powerless to manage our lives on our own.

When we realized our powerlessness over our dependency and came into recovery our daily routine started to change.

Canada's coat of arms is an official symbol of the country.

In active addiction, trying to stay connected and maintain a close, healthy relationship with another was impossible.

As kids many of us sang an action song with the words, “The head bone connected to the neck bone, the neck bone connected to the shoulder bone” and on and on down the bones to the toes.

Our Psalm today tells of one who is in agony and deep sorrow over what he has done.

Step 12 encourages us to share the message of our spiritual awakening with others and to practice the principles we have learned in all our affairs.

We all know that our thoughts and emotions significantly impact our health.

Addicts tell lies. We tell ourselves we need our substance of choice in order to deal with the issues of the day.