Meditations on "Recovery"

Keeping a record of wrongs often leads to the winding path of relapse and active addiction.

When we look at people who appear to have it all together, we envy them, especially when our life is not harmonious or as complete as we would like it to be.

E Addiction for many of us focused on trying to find happiness in all the wrong places and things.

It’s a useful practice to take regular inventory of our lives.

We say we want to be followers of Jesus and have turned our will and our life over to His care.

All of us are vulnerable to relapse when we are feeling lonely, frustrated or dissatisfied with life.

We have all experienced the ups and downs of recovery.

Honesty, balance, and realism are essential tools to keep at hand as we sort out and rebuild relationships.

When we came to admit that our lives were unmanageable, we knew that many decisions needed to be made if we were to choose for the road to recovery.

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach our destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

Many of us who have lived a long time in addiction often feel like there’s not much to live for and opportunities to do well in life have passed us by.

In the Bible Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a man going on a journey to a far country.