Meditations on "Relationship"

S In Step 8 we make a list of all persons we have harmed and become willing to make amends to them.

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

God longs for us to experience love and blessing in relationship with others.

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

Trying to be self-reliant and seeking to sort out life on our own took many of us into lifestyles of isolation, addiction, denial, and destructive behaviour.

We know that God watches over all the earth and sees the wickedness that causes His anger to burn against those who inflict pain and injustice on others.

Many of us have never been disciplined in the art of following through on the commitments we make.

K Tonight many children put on costumes and go door-to-door “trick-or-treating.

Trying to stay connected and maintain a close and healthy relationship with anyone else in active addiction was impossible.

Understanding the relationship between self-image and addiction is like a chicken and egg situation – trying to interpret which came first.

When we talk about intimacy we are usually referring to a close, familiar, protective, loving relationship between two persons.

Being a “dry drunk” is a term used to describe a person whose actions and attitudes are pretty much the same as when they were drinking.