Meditations on "Truth"

When we look back at our lives, we see that the road that took us down the path to addiction was strewn with flawed thinking and self-deception.

Step 10 advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

In the Bible we read a story about how God spoke to the Prophet Samuel to anoint David, a shepherd boy, to be King over Israel.

Often when we come into recovery, we miss our old way of life and the people we socialized with.

Many of us are plagued throughout the day with a nagging sense of guilt.

Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the 12-Step program help us develop faith in Jesus Christ, a power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity.

There’s nothing more satisfying than finishing a job and having someone say, “What a good job!

When Jesus was on earth, He often went off on His own to pray.

In Step 7 we come to God and humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings.

Self-deception is really another way of explaining a lifestyle of denial.

As we plan a time and place to draw near to God and bring our inventory of character defects before Him, we can ask God to do what is necessary in us so that they can be removed.

Recovery is hard work. Sometimes we feel joy in the journey and other times we don’t seem to feel anything at all.