Meditations on "Relationship"

As we hear Tradition 2 read in each AA meeting, we are reminded that, “For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority – a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.

No matter how far away God seems, we can always call out to Him and He will always respond.

As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to be aware of and guard against is becoming complacent.

In some places today is a public holiday given to celebrating family.

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

How many times have we spoken before we thought and, as the saying goes, “put our foot in our mouth?

Have you ever been in a room when snow started to fall outside and the atmosphere in the room changed as children got excited about playing in the snow?

After living so long in the self-centered world of addiction, it’s not easy to come into recovery and build relationships with other human beings, particularly those who have lived in self-centered ways just like us.

Some people who have no relationship with God will still pray when they are in trouble or when they really need help in a time of great distress.

We read in the 12-Steps program material about turning our will and our life over to the care of God.

Some of us in recovery circles know what it is like to live in plenty and others of us have experienced what it is like to live in poverty.

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