Meditations on "Truth"

D In early recovery our positive expectations for a life free from crippling dependencies is huge.

If we are determined to do our own thing, God will allow us to make bad choices.

Soft addictions are habits or behaviors we use to control distressing moods or thought patterns.

N In certain situations, when our behaviour is challenged, we are quick to try to justify ourselves.

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

Many of us have been in the company of others who think they know everything but when they open their mouths not much wisdom comes out.

Each day we have many decisions to make. At any given time, we may find ourselves at that place where two roads meet and wonder which road we should take.

In the process of getting to know God and coming to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, we are often not sure that God will hear and answer our prayers.

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

To cope with living an addictive lifestyle we often repressed our moral thinking and denied the downward trend we were on.

Contentment in life does not come from trying to control someone so they will meet our needs, or by trying to please them so they will like us and make us feel secure.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.