Meditations on "Truth"

Relationship difficulties may have impacted our lives from the time we were very young children.

We may not see what goes on inside us, but the Bible tells us there is a battle going on for control of our minds.

Even though we usually associate individuals living in addiction as “party people” the truth is that using substances almost always takes away from our ability to relate to other people, to form friendships, and to do meaningful things with them.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

We are not always the best judge of what confidences need to be held or which need to be disclosed.

Steadily moving forward in recovery is not easy. As we awaken out of the haze of years in addiction our minds are often filled with memories of things done to us and things we have done to others.

Persons like us, who have been living in an addictive lifestyle, seldom consider what is happening in the lives of our family or friends.

When guard rails are erected, they are put there to protect people from the danger that is on the other side of the rail or rails.

One of the keys to a successful and stable recovery is practicing gratitude.

When we come into recovery, one of our priorities has to be sorting life according to what is true.

In the Bible Jesus told a story about a father and two sons.

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility. We need to acknowledge, “I don’t really know what is best for me but I’m willing to try new ways and learn from the experience of others.