Meditations on "Recovery"

Throughout the Twelve Steps we are brought face to face with the reality that we have struggled and fallen short in the way we have lived before God, others, and ourselves.

Aristotle, a famous philosopher, once said, “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

When we begin a searching and fearless moral inventory, we often list the obvious things we know that are not in keeping with God's will.

Everyday life has it challenges but each day is also filled with many simple pleasures.

In Tradition 6 of AA we are given guidelines lest “problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

In many Psalms from the Bible, we are invited to “Praise the Lord.

At most recovery meetings there are lots of handshakes and hugs and "chips" or "fobs" to honour clean time.

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

When the first humans disobeyed God, they alienated themselves from God and were no longer complete as God intended.

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.

Living in recovery and following the Twelve Steps is a spiritual journey.

Low self-esteem is a negative sense of one's worth or ability to cope or do well in life.