Meditations on "Truth"

Y Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once.

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

Disharmony in our family, addiction, poverty, loneliness or other conflicts may be part of our life’s story.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

When we are not feeling good about ourselves or our performance and someone takes the time to encourage us with kind words, we immediately begin to feel better.

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

G 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 difficult truths.

To be flexible means that we are adaptable and willing to yield when circumstances require short or long-term change.

When we are in a place of despair we often cry out to God for help but wonder if He is really listening.

As we remember service men and women who served our nation in times of war and other national troubles, it's good to be mindful of words from the Bible that prompt us to remember God's help in our time of need.

Audio for IT’S IN THE BOOK Members of Alcoholics Anonymous are encouraged to regularly read "The Big Book" which gives a helpful foundation for living sober.

When we admitted we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives had become unmanageable, we were in a sense, like the man who was robbed and beaten in the parable of the good Samaritan.