Meditations on "Truth"

Step Nine is about the work of peace – seeking peace and making amends.

There is a good reason why so many folks both early in recovery and well on their journey find themselves repeating the Serenity Prayer when they bump into life situations that seem overwhelming.

How many times have we written people off because of some dispute we had in the distant past?

We hold keys to all sorts of things. Losing keys raises all sorts of problems when we misplace them.

For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.

Relationships matter. Jesus taught us that a loving relationship with God and with others is the foundation of our new life in recovery and as Christians.

When we lived in the chaos of our addictive lifestyle we were ruled by the obsession or dependency of the day.

If we hold something in our hand and let go of it, it will drop to the ground.

Is there really a God? Is there really a higher power to which turning over my life and my will actually gives me recovery and a life worth living?

Relationship difficulties often cut away at our heart even from the time we were very young.

When troubles arise in our lives, sometimes we feel helpless to cope with them.

How many of us have taken what we thought was a shortcut to a destination and instead ended up lost?