Meditations on "Relapse"

Being a “dry drunk” is a term used to describe a person whose actions and attitudes are pretty much the same as when they were drinking.

One of the great comforts and challenges, all at the same time, is the reality that we are powerless to manage our lives on our own.

Step 10 encourages us to continue to take personal inventory and when we are wrong to promptly admit it.

Keeping a record of wrongs often leads to the winding path of relapse and active addiction.

To be responsible recovering addicts, we need to have regular contact with God and seek His wisdom and His will for our lives.

Self-deception is really another way of explaining a lifestyle of denial.

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

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.

As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to be aware of and guard against is becoming complacent.

After living so long in the self-centered world of addiction, it’s not easy to come into recovery and build relationships with other human beings, particularly those who have lived in self-centered ways just like us.

Being grateful for the people around us and the things we have is of great value in leading a contented life in recovery.

Many who struggle with addictive behaviours are not happy because their lives are unfulfilled, and they are not achieving what they really want in life.