Meditations on "Surrender"

Embracing God's ways in recovery isn't always easy, but it's undeniably transformative.

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything else to my desires.

Often people who have no relationship with God will pray when they are in trouble or when they urgently need help in a time of great distress.

Living in recovery and following the Twelve Steps is a spiritual journey.

How many times in a day do we struggle with the character defect of impatience?

Peace and serenity are gifts to be received. To make room for them in our hearts requires surrender on our part.

Happy New Year! There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past.

The twelfth promise of AA reads: “We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

Many people who choose for life with God in recovery think they can live any way they want as long as they attend meetings, complete an honest set of steps, pray on occasion, and don't pick up.

Addiction is a disease of isolation. That’s not news to those of us who have spent time there.

Many people believe that freedom to act as they choose gives them the opportunity to have control over their own lives.

God’s artistic skill in our lives did not end the day we were born.