Meditations on "Truth"

All of us like to be appreciated when we feel we have acted wisely or done a good job.

When a building is at the planning stage, blueprints need to be drawn up and submitted to the local district council for approval permits.

Early, if not the first on the list of qualities we need to build in our new life with God in recovery, is optimism grounded in faith – faith that trusts in God, learns from God, and builds on the promises that God gives in the Bible.

God is always with me. I need never face my problems alone.

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

One day Jesus and His friends faced a huge problem.

One of the Twelve Promises of AA tells us: We will comprehend the word serenity, and we will know peace.

When we look at people who appear to have it all together, we envy them, especially when our life is not harmonious or as settled as we would like it to be.

Confrontational people tend to approach situations with aggression.

Control issues are widespread in addiction and are a problem for both the addict and for those who care about them.

Feelings cannot always be trusted. They often point us to an incorrect perception of who we are, who God is, and what is happening in our circumstances.

Relationship difficulties may have impacted our lives from the time we were very young children.