Meditations on "Recovery"

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

Jesus said that the greatest commandment is, love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.

Moses, the man whom God appointed to bring His chosen people out of slavery in Egypt wrote the following Psalm.

What on earth is a hyrax and what does it have to do with my recovery?

When God wants to paint a picture, He does so very effectively.

When we say we have given our will and life over to the care of God, what does that mean to us?

Sobriety and living in recovery is never a one-person activity.

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

This life we have been given, this new season that is before us, begins with each new day.

How do we respond to the blessings God gives when we come to accept what Jesus has done for us,and turn our will and life over to His care?

The saying "Straighten Up and Fly Right" has been around since Nat King Cole wrote and recorded a song with this title many years ago.

Substance abuse is often self-medication to compensate for the lack of expressions of love and safety in a relationship.