Meditations on "Temptation"

The story is told of a pig and a chicken having a conversation about a meal they want to provide for their friends.

Currently, residents of some countries are fearful about the test missiles that are flying in their air space.

The Bible tells us that when God's Spirit lives in us our lives will demonstrate it by qualities such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness gentleness and self-control.

The experience of life outside the will and care of God is helplessness and frustration when trials and temptations come our way.

All of us are vulnerable to relapse when we are feeling lonely, frustrated or dissatisfied with life.

As God draws us into a deeper relationship with Himself, the devil and his forces of darkness try to make us doubt Him.

Some time may have passed since we completed a Step Ten and we may now assume we have it all figured out and are well on our way in recovery.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

We all know that staying sober starts with not picking up a drink or our drug of choice or returning to whatever our destructive habit was.

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

What does prayer have to do with recovery, particularly relapse prevention?

To go forward in recovery we must find new direction for our lives, new ways of responding to issues, and new guidelines for making decisions.