Meditations on "Recovery"

When we turned our will and life over to the care of God many of us had hope for a quick turnaround in our lives.

The Bible contains a story that is reflected in the slogan, “Live and let live.

Living life with God in recovery is a learning process.

Depending on a given situation we often find ourselves caught in the tension between our desire for justice or mercy.

There are many reasons to be thankful to the Lord for all He has done for us.

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.

Many of us want to have healthy bodies and therefore are careful about what we are eating and drinking.

Many of us, prior to seeking help, lived in an unmanageable lifestyle and had never taken the time to familiarize ourselves with the 12-Step program.

Today in North America we honour and give thanks for the collective labour-force of our nation which includes people from our families and those in our communities.

When we have completed the twelve steps of our recovery program, we are just at the beginning of our new way of life.

Making amends requires a will to do so. Some of us struggle to be sorry for our actions towards others or are more offended by what another person did to cause our reaction.

“We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.