Recovery Meditations

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach the same destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

We are just moving into summer and hopefully looking forward to long days lounging around in the sunshine.

We are not pleased when we have to wait for anything.

Disgust is a reaction that arises when a person’s good taste or moral sense is deeply offended.

God doesn’t lie. God doesn’t sugar coat the truth.

When stressful situations come our way, and Jesus said they will, the best way forward is to make a conscious effort to turn to God and seek His help.

The exact nature of our wrongs is rooted in the lie that our problems are caused by what is around us rather than what is within us.

In Step 11 of the 12-Step program of A.A. we are invited through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and the power to carry it out.

Many of us struggle to recognize the difference between asking and demanding.

How can I get discernment? What do I do with it when I get it?

Today is a day to honour Fathers. Some of us are Fathers.

How do we feel when people who should know us don’t?