Meditations on "Relationship"

When we have hurt someone, we need to take responsibility for the harm we have caused and do all in our power to make things right.

Life on God’s terms is the way of living we say we want when we come into recovery.

A person with a victim mentality has learned to focus on suffering while trying to avoid more at any cost.

As we go forward in recovery, we have come to the realization that we are accountable for the actions we have done, the behaviour that has impacted our relationships, and the problems we created throughout our life in addiction.

In “How It Works” we read and hear the following words read regularly at meetings: Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.

Some of us slid into destructive and addictive lifestyles out of a desire to belong and have friends.

Many of the events in our lives that contributed to us becoming dependent on substances or unhealthy relationships were traumatic and caused us to retreat into hiding.

When we admitted that our lives had become unmanageable, many of us entered into detox and then treatment programs where we found support Each day we grew stronger.

Just for today I will seek to serve others with kindness, doing what is right, and walking humbly with God.

Of all the four seasons of the year, spring seems to describe our new life in recovery the best.

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

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