Meditations on ""

G After we courageously admitted that our lives were unmanageable, we then came to believe that we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity.

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.

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

D Requesting that God remove all our defects of character is asking Him to rid us of everything within us that hinders our ability to live life to the full.

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.

On pages 83-84 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous we read twelve promises that will happen as we diligently work the twelve steps.

Ten times in just a few verses from the Bible we are told by a wise king that we should remember our creator.

There is a desire in each one of us to succeed, to win, to excel, yet often when we have been asked to do something, we allow thoughts of failure to overcome us before we even start.

When we were living in addiction we were not known as people who had a good reputation.

We live in a time of war and threats of war between nations.

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.