Meditations on "Relationship"

Hunger and thirst are basic human needs. When basic needs are not met it's difficult or impossible to give ourselves to other tasks.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with selfishness in this way: "There often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His [God's] aid.

Feelings cannot always be trusted. They often point us to an incorrect perception of who we are, who God is, and what is happening in our circumstances.

Relationship difficulties may have impacted our lives from the time we were very young children.

Even though we usually associate individuals living in addiction as “party people” the truth is that using substances almost always takes away from our ability to relate to other people, to form friendships, and to do meaningful things with them.

When making an inventory of our lives before God, some basic questions to ask are: "God what does my life look like to you?

Jealousy is a strong emotion created when a relationship seems to be threatened.

A famous philosopher (Aristotle) once said, “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

When we come into recovery, one of our priorities has to be sorting life according to what is true.

What does Jesus death have to do with us? Well, maybe nothing and maybe everything -- the choice is ours.

The Bible is a wonderful source of support for us and contains many stories about the compassion Jesus showed to those He encountered.

Forgiving others is something we must take very seriously if we want to protect our sobriety.