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.

Why do we look at another’s sin and want them punished for what they have done and then look at our own sin and want compassion and forgiveness?

In Step Eleven, through prayer and meditation, we seek to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and the power to carry it out.

When we look back at our lives, we see that the road that took us down the path to addiction was strewn with flawed thinking and self-deception.

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

In the Bible we read a story about how God spoke to the Prophet Samuel to anoint David, a shepherd boy, to be King over Israel.

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

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

Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the 12-Step program help us develop faith in Jesus Christ, a power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity.

There’s nothing more satisfying than finishing a job and having someone say, “What a good job!

When Jesus was on earth, He often went off on His own to pray.

In Step 7 we come to God and humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings.