Recovery Meditations

When we pray the full version of the Serenity Prayer, what are we asking God to do for us?

As we have moved forward in recovery we have come to realize that we are accountable for our actions, for the behaviour that has impacted our relationships, and for the problems we created while in bondage to our addiction.

God made us for relationship with Him and with each other.

Moving forward in identifying character defects and allowing God to help us develop our true character is no easy process.

What does it mean to humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings?

God hates violence and His heart is grieved by the things that humans do to one another.

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

One of the things which many of us experienced while growing up, and which probably had something to do with our journey into an addictive and destructive lifestyle, was the lack of attention paid to us as children.

Just for today I will be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.

Addicts tell lies. We tell ourselves we need our substance of choice to deal with the day.

For all of us there came a time when we could no longer avoid the realization that our lives were a mess.

We don’t really know God until we know that God is love and that God’s love for us is unfailing.