Recovery Meditations

We come into recovery because we recognize we are powerless over addictive substances, people, or things that we have become dependent on to sustain life as we know it.

Many of us in our life in addiction had our character shaped by isolation and getting our own way in any way that we could.

Just for today, I will take time to notice the gifts in me, in others, and in my surroundings and let the rest go.

Today as we begin to embrace this New Year and recover from the festivities of saying good-bye to the old year, let us reflect on what we would like to achieve in the months ahead.

Happy New Year! There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past.

As we come to the end of this year, a year filled with both accomplishments and failures, it’s time to reflect on the events that brought growth and joy in our journey with God in recovery.

Many of us face a new year wondering about the unknown.

How long are we prepared to do the daily ordinary things we need to do while we wait for God to bring about the plans He has prepared in advance for us to do?

Most people who are in recovery want to learn from the experience, strength, and hope of others.

Those of us who have acted on the saying “God could and would, if He were sought” have witnessed the blessing of God in our lives.

After all the hype and preparation for Christmas we now get back to quieter days before the New Year celebration.

Jesus is born – born for us. The God who created heaven and earth put on flesh and was born in humble circumstances so we could experience love and find hope for a relationship with God that lasts forever.