Meditations on "Truth"

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach the same destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

We are just moving into summer and hopefully looking forward to long days lounging around in the sunshine.

God doesn’t lie. God doesn’t sugar coat the truth.

The exact nature of our wrongs is rooted in the lie that our problems are caused by what is around us rather than what is within us.

In Step 11 of the 12-Step program of A.A. we are invited through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and the power to carry it out.

How can I get discernment? What do I do with it when I get it?

People with discernment will naturally do the right thing in each situation.

Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

T Often when we come into recovery we miss our old way of life and the people we socialized with.

One of our first priorities in recovery is sorting our life practices according to the truth.

T Many of us are plagued throughout the day with a nagging sense of guilt.