Meditations on "Temptation"

We all know that staying sober starts with not picking up a drink or our drug of choice or returning to whatever our destructive habit was.

Many people believe that freedom to act as they choose gives them the opportunity to have control over their own lives.

What does prayer have to do with recovery, particularly relapse prevention?

To go forward in recovery we must find new direction for our lives, new ways of responding to issues, and new guidelines for making decisions.

There are three main sources which bring trouble in our lives: 1) Our Fallen World: We live in a world that is broken because of sinful choices made throughout the ages.

In our life in recovery daily circumstances may often feel overwhelming and confusing.

Light and darkness just don’t mix. A safe and stable life in recovery requires us to leave behind shady living and enter fully into the life of goodness which God desires for us.

God promises to supply what we need to overcome temptation.

When thoughts of relapse enter our thinking, telling ourselves the truth about who we are has a significant impact on how we behave.

In recovery, and in life in general, situations often arise which cause us to believe that we are alone and have no one to turn to for help.

When we become unsettled in our recovery we often find that we begin to entertain risky thoughts that make us vulnerable to relapse.

Do I matter? Does anyone notice me? Does anyone care?