Meditations on "Recovery"

Common sense and wisdom are learned in many ways. We are encouraged to pursue habits that draw wisdom into our daily living and interactions with others.

Our pride often keeps us from asking for what we need.

When we pray the full version of the Serenity Prayer, what are we asking God to do for us?

Being grateful for the people around us and the things we have contributes to living a contented life in recovery.

When we turned our will and life over to the care of God, we started a life journey to live sober.

A lot of us would admit that we acted immaturely in our former relationships, and that we used and abused others so that we could get what we wanted when we wanted it.

What does it mean to humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings?

As we go forward in recovery we have come to realize that we are accountable for our actions, for the behaviour that has impacted our relationships, and for the problems we created while in bondage to our addiction.

Just for today I will be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.

To succeed in living well in recovery with God, we need to rely on His promises.

When we pray for God’s will for us and the power to carry it out, God just doesn’t point to something unfocused in the distance.

In the Bible Jesus told a story about a father and two sons (Luke 15:11-31) The younger of the two boys became dissatisfied with life in his father’s household and believed life away from home was more desirable.