Meditations on "Recovery"

We hope for all sorts of things. When we struggle with life, we hope we can make it through one more day.

Our anticipation of future events is positive when we expect something good is about to happen, such as going out to see a show, taking a holiday trip, or doing something else we really like to do.

Why do we continue to do things our own way when it obviously isn’t working?

When we are not feeling good about ourselves or our performance and someone takes the time to encourage us with kind words, we immediately start to feel better.

At what point in our lives did we desire to improve our conscious contact with God?

God is tender and compassionate. Knowing and believing that God tenderly watches over us with compassion will allow our hearts to be filled with peace.

When we say in Step 12 that we have had a spiritual wakening, we are describing the impact we have experienced as we’ve completed the first eleven steps.

God created us to live as honourable people – honouring God, honouring others, and experiencing the joy of living as persons of integrity and honour.

Many of the events in our lives that contributed to us becoming dependent on substances or unhealthy relationships were traumatic and caused us to retreat into hiding.

On pages 83-84 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous we read twelve promises that will happen as we diligently work the twelve steps.

How encouraging it is for us to know that God is on our side and God always does what He promises.

Often when we come into recovery, we miss our old way of life and the people we socialized with.