I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. Faith is learning to trust what is real and to trust that Recovery can be found within it—even before we change it. This may be one of our greatest stumbling blocks. The work is to keep our hearts from shutting down and our

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. When we pray, our first urge may be to ask for specific answers to specific problems. We may also ask God to help other people in the way we think they should be helped or healed. In these moments, we are asking God

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. Today, I want to take a break from writing about Recovery in general and share with you how my own Recovery journey is progressing. Over the last few days, I have felt some emotional and mental anxiety and sadness. I am curious about

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. The genius of Recovery is that it does not deny the dark side of life. Instead, it embraces forgiveness and failure and holds out a promise of wholeness. This is much of the purpose of the 12 Steps. I believe Recovery has a

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. Did you know that the Greek word for tragedy means “goat story”? The Odyssey is a primal goat story. Poor Odysseus keeps moving forward and backward, up and down—mostly down—as he makes his way home to Ithaca. What does Odysseus’s story have to

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. In our pursuit of Recovery, there is an inner drive to practice the 12 Steps as perfectly as possible. While this is a noble goal, is it realistic? We need to guard against loving order more than we value compassion when we fall

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. A Spanish philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno, said, “Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward.” He believed life is shaped more by exceptions and disorder than by perfect order. Life offers us loss and renewal, chaos and healing, all at

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. Our Loyal Recovery reveals itself to us when we desire it, are ready to embrace it, and are open to healing from past hurt and suffering. It is another way of growing and learning to live. The darkness we experience in Recovery does

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. It is easier to begin Recovery with a support system and respect for the traditions. This gives us a sense of “place” and can have a lasting impact on our lives. Even when Recovery gives us “a resistance to fight with,” it helps

I hope that wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you. Some of us fall into Recovery and make it an extension of who we are. We may spend our whole lives building a foundation around it. Without supportive people walking beside us through the later stages of Recovery, our suffering may continue, and