Meditations on "Truth"

We are strengthened to stay free of addiction because God is guiding and supporting us each step of the way.

Growing up many of us remember hearing the cute Christmas song, “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, see my two front teeth!

As we work our recovery program we find that life changes.

Why is it easier to see where others need to improve rather than see our own need?

Disharmony in our family, addiction, poverty, loneliness or other conflicts may have been part of our story.

This is the season of the year when we prepare our hearts for the annual celebration of Christ’s birth.

We started lying a long time ago to cover up and hide from the truth.

Dishonesty is a tool we use to protect ourselves from the shame and guilt we feel when challenging moments arise.

Step 10 advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

In the Bible we read that Jesus was repeatedly sensitive to people and what they were going through, and He reached out to them with mercy and compassion.

Before anyone gives their will and life over to the care of God, the Scriptures tell us they are dead in their trespasses and sins.

Living with God in recovery often presents difficult challenges such as: waiting for something we feel desperately in need of right now; not retaliating with anger when someone offends us; living with less when we could scam our way into having more; and facing the consequences of revealing a difficult truth.