Meditations on "Recovery"

Life has its ups and downs and does not always treat us fairly.

One of the coping mechanisms many of us use when dealing with low-self-esteem and the humiliation of our past failures is the mask of arrogance.

When we reflect on our destructive and addictive lifestyle we begin to recognize the extent of the dumb choices we made.

Recognizing and marking milestones (clean time in recovery) is a way to celebrate our sobriety and give hope to those who attend recovery meetings with us.

As infants and toddlers, we were not aware of what was harmful and what was good for us.

Before we came into recovery, we admitted that our lives were unmanageable, and we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity.

Some of us wonder where life will take us if we give our will and life over to the care of God.

A lot of us express self-hatred as we look at our personal appearance and our life experiences.

Some of us in recovery circles know what it is like to live in plenty and others of us have experienced what it is like to live in poverty.

Attention seeking takes various forms, but the underlying root is a need to be noticed and cared for.

What a refreshing feeling it is to be free from the guilt of our addiction and dependencies.

In the middle of the Bible, just after Psalms, we find the book of Proverbs which contains all sorts of practical wisdom about everyday living.