Recovery Meditations

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Whether in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, Tradition Three highlights that the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking or using.

Most people long for peace of mind and heart. Life with God in recovery provides many tools which help satisfy this deep longing within us.

What we think about has a powerful impact on what we do.

God has told us to give all our cares and anxieties to him because He cares for us.

Our life in addiction was shaped by a controlling relationship with a destructive substance, a habit, a person – or a combination of these.

Seasons change. The temperature warms up. The grass begins to grow again.

We usually say an individual is “white knuckling” when they are just using willpower to stay sober.

Each day in recovery is an opportunity to learn something new and grow.

How are we to live without paralyzing fear in an unsafe world?

The book of Proverbs in the Bible is a collection of wise sayings we do well to learn and put into practice.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program encourages us to stay on track in our recovery with the following words: “We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.