Meditations on "Relationship"

Tomorrow night many children put on costumes and go door-to-door “trick-or-treating.

Often, when we come into recovery, we have no sense of why our life problems took us down the road of addiction.

For most of us compiling a list of people we have harmed and becoming willing to make amends to them is extremely intimidating.

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path .

After years of listening to other’s harsh and condemning words about us, it’s wonderful to have an opportunity to experience the affirmation of God and to be reminded that as we walk with Him, He is pleased with us.

When we pray the full version of the Serenity Prayer, what are we asking God to do for us?

Being grateful for the people around us and the things we have contributes to living a contented life in recovery.

While in addiction we often considered life, even our own, as pretty cheap.

A lot of us would admit that we acted immaturely in our former relationships, and that we used and abused others so that we could get what we wanted when we wanted it.

As we go forward in recovery we have come to realize that we are accountable for our actions, for the behaviour that has impacted our relationships, and for the problems we created while in bondage to our addiction.

A sincere person is one who is honest, who doesn’t create false impressions, and who doesn’t operate with selfish motives.

God invites us to a life of gentleness where we honour truth, respect the dignity of everyone – including ourselves, and delight in the joy and wonder of each new day.