Meditations on "Recovery"

Growing and being renewed day by day is part of our physical, emotional, and spiritual life.

We’ve all done things we are not proud of. Some of us feel like we’ve done more wrongs than others or have been doing wrong much longer than others.

The following words from a Psalm by King David were written after he had allowed his lust for a woman to lead him down the path of sexual immorality and murder.

We started lying a long time ago to cover up and hide from the truth.

Dishonesty is a tool we use to protect ourselves from the shame and guilt we feel when challenging moments arise.

One of the central pillars of the recovery world is the sharing of each person’s experience, strength, and hope.

After we courageously admitted that our lives were unmanageable, we then came to believe that we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity.

Step 10 advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

We are lifting others up and valuing their kindness when we tell them how much we appreciate their support.

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.

Before anyone gives their will and life over to the care of God, the Scriptures tell us they are dead in their trespasses and sins.

Living with God in recovery often presents difficult challenges such as: waiting for something we feel desperately in need of right now; not retaliating with anger when someone offends us; living with less when we could scam our way into having more; and facing the consequences of revealing a difficult truth.