Meditations on "Recovery"

When we sober up and come into recovery, most of us quickly recognize that we have an anger problem.

When we think of God, how do we imagine Him to be? Do we see Him as a judge ready to pass sentence on us when we do wrong, or do we see Him as the ever-loving God who has compassion on us and desires to care for us?

We hang around with all sorts of people in a variety of situations.

To cope with living an addictive lifestyle we often repressed our moral thinking and denied the downward trend we were on.

The new birth we receive when we give our will and life over to the care of God is the end of our old life dominated by sinful thoughts, formed in an unspiritual mind.

Canada is a nation founded on principles that honour the God who created us.

God wants our lives to be filled with fruitfulness.

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

There are many reasons to be thankful to the Lord for all He has done for us.

To be responsible recovering addicts, we need to have regular contact with God and seek His wisdom and His will for our lives.

When we first come into recovery many of us are intimidated by the thought of speaking to God in prayer.

To be suspicious can be good or bad depending on the circumstances.