Meditations on "Truth"

The Bible makes it clear that God detests lying. In our addiction, most of the time, we did not speak the truth.

Many of us suffer from low self-esteem. This disorder comes directly from the enemy of our souls.

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 harms us; living with less when we could scam our way into having more; facing the consequences of revealing a difficult truth.

Audio for CHARACTER STRENGTH - BEING THOROUGH Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path .

Life in recovery is about living in truth, and the truth is that on our own our hearts are vulnerable.

The Bible contains a story that is reflected in the slogan, “Live and let live.

The purpose of Step 6 of the 12-Step program is to help us address those personal defects of character that result from our discontentment with life.

When we first come into recovery, we may have feelings of anxiety or depression.

A sincere person is one who is honest, who doesn’t create false impressions, and who doesn’t operate with selfish motives.

We are spiritual beings who have a soul and live in a body.

All of us are vulnerable to relapse when we are feeling lonely, frustrated or dissatisfied with life.

At many points in our recovery journey the character defect of evasiveness may begin to surface.