Meditations on "Dysfunction"

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility. We need to acknowledge, “I don’t really know what is best for me but I’m willing to try new ways and learn from the experience of others.

Many of us have been in the company of others who think they know everything but when they open their mouths not much wisdom comes out.

To cope with living in our addictive lifestyle we often repressed our moral thinking and denied the downward trend we were on.

From the chaos of our dysfunctional lives many of us called out to God with words like, “God if you are really there, please help me.

From the chaos of our dysfunctional lives many of us called out to God with words like, “God if you are really there, please help me”.

As we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christ’s birth, some of us may have negative memories and regrets about past Christmases.

Dishonesty is a tool we use to protect ourselves from shame, guilt, or embarrassment.

We tend to base our security on the experience of our personal relationship with others.

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous makes this statement: “Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

God's kingdom runs on the laws of love and peace. It really does!

Judging others is a problem area for many of us and something that Jesus tells us needs to change if we are to live well in recovery and in life.

T Often when we come into recovery we miss our old way of life and the people we socialized with.