Meditations on "Recovery"

In the Bible we read of many festivals the people celebrate because God intervened on their behalf.

People in recovery are those who want to learn from the experience, strength, and hope of others.

E Many of us choose to rely on our own understanding of how life works and what is best for us.

What came first the chicken or the egg? When we called out to God in our powerlessness, did we suddenly show up on His “locating system” or was He already waiting for us to call and available to help us?

The Psalms that we read and think about each Sunday are the ancient songbook of the church.

Who would have thought that the way we are living in our relationships, taking responsibility for our actions, and doing the work that is required of us each day, would attract others to think about getting what we have?

We all long for the joy and comfort of being in a loving relationship with a significant other.

In Step 7 we humbly come before God and ask Him to remove all our shortcomings.

One of the central pillars of the recovery world is the sharing of our experience, strength, and hope.

As we work our program we find that life changes. Nothing happens in an instant but when we reflect on a month, or 90 days, or a year or more and compare the person we once were with the person we are now, the transformation is striking.

Today we remember blood that was spilled on battlefields around the world by brave men and women who gave their lives for the cause of freedom and justice.

R When we come to Step-6 of the 12-Step program, we have admitted the exact nature of our wrongs to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, and are now entirely ready to have God remove our defects of character.