Meditations on "Relationship"

Unkind words or hurtful events cause us to store anger, which if not dealt with, will deteriorate through time into frustration, anxiety, hatred, despair, rage, and subsequently hopelessness.

When thanksgiving becomes a way of life rather than a day of celebration on the calendar, life will change for us.

This is the holiday weekend – Thanksgiving weekend.

Step Nine is about the work of peace – seeking peace and making amends.

How many times have we written people off because of some dispute we had in the distant past?

We hold keys to all sorts of things. Losing keys raises all sorts of problems when we misplace them.

Relationships matter. Jesus taught us that a loving relationship with God and with others is the foundation of our new life in recovery and as Christians.

Our lives need to change if we are to experience healthy and joyful relationships with God and others.

Is there really a God? Is there really a higher power to which turning over my life and my will actually gives me recovery and a life worth living?

One of the things many of us missed while growing up, and which probably had something to do with our journey into addictive and destructive lifestyles, was tenderness.

Relationship difficulties often cut away at our heart even from the time we were very young.

As we choose for recovery from our former dependencies, we hear talk about God.