Meditations on "Recovery"

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.

Audio for OVERCOMING OVERWHELMING DISCOURAGEMENT We seek recovery when our lives are unmanageable, and we are powerless to change.

Keeping a record of wrongs often leads to the winding path of relapse and active addiction.

When we determined that we could no longer live in the insanity that was our daily routine, we knew we needed to be free from the bondage of our dependency.

God has given gifts to everyone; no one has been left out.

We all go through times in our lives when we feel the sky is falling and we are unable to do anything about it.

We are all looking for a peaceful life and God's word has a lot to say about how living well under authority with proper respect for leaders brings that to us.

The contrast of destructive self-centeredness in active addiction with the healthy lifestyle of supporting one another in recovery is clearly expressed in Promise 7 of AA: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.

Who is more resourceful than an addict in need? Desperation really fuels the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.