Voices of Recovery

Just for Today meditation for May 31, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 31 Keep it simple "We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably" Basic Text, p.96 ––––=–––– Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 31, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 31 Finding Balance in Our Lives "Each of us seeks our own balance that allows us to participate in the world without sacrificing our recovery or putting ourselves at risk." —Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Bridging Two Worlds” ––––=–––– Imagine life as a...

Just for Today meditation for May 30, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 30 Loneliness vs. being alone "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone." Basic Text, p.81 ––––=–––– There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us fee...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 30, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 30 Accepting Another’s Path "I have learned to love and to accept the people I sponsor as the people they are—not little mirror-images of me or any other model of recovery." —Sponsorship, Chapter 3, “To the Sponsor” ––––=–––– Each of us looks for a...

Just for Today meditation for May 29, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 29 Carry me "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p.55 ––––=–––– We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 29, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 29 Vigilance for the Long Haul "Many of us leave not when things are horrible, but when we have one more spiritual hump to get over. We lose our way right before the miracle— sometimes again and again. Living Clean, Chapter 1, Growing Pains ––––=–––– Mos...

Just for Today meditation for May 28, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 28 As we understand "We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves." Basic Text, p.35 ––––=–––– As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We co...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 28, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 28 Equality in Anonymity "NA has no classes of membership and no second-class members. The common denominator in NA is the disease of addiction. We are all equally subject to its devastation. We share an equal right to recovery." —It Works, Tradition Three, “...

Just for Today meditation for May 27, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 27 Meeting the day's challenge ". . . the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage." Basic Text, p.26 ––––=–––– A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challen...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 27, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 27 Showing Up with Integrity "Integrity is the state of being fully integrated: Our actions, our thinking, our feelings, our ideals, and our values all match up." —Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Spirituality Is Practical” ––––=–––– Most of us think of ha...

Just for Today meditation for May 26, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 26 The Power in the group "Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God." Basic Text, p.24 ––––=–––– Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accep...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 26, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 26 Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Healing "Walking with the knowledge that someone has not forgiven us is hard, but through it we find levels of forgiveness and acceptance that we may not have known were possible." —Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Amends an...

Just for Today meditation for May 25, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 25 "Good" and "bad" feelings "A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow." IP No.8, "Just for Today" ––––=––––...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 25, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 25 Humility Grounds Us "The practice of humility helps us be honest about our circumstances. We learn to live and give within the limits of our lives." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Seven, “For Members” ––––=–––– In active addiction, we became mast...

Closing out our “Spirituality in Recovery” series and the Voices of Recovery finale is the story of Craig—a story about identity, faith, and finally learning that recovery and spirituality are one and the same. Raised in a loving Jewish home, Craig grew up surrounded by tradition, but not necessarily a deep connection to a Higher Power. Even as a child, he felt different from everyone around him....

Just for Today meditation for May 24, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 24 Risking vulnerability "As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings." Basic Text, p.81 ––––=–––– Rather than risk vulnerability many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance....

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 24, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 24 Intimacy as Conscious Contact and Connection "Intimacy is conscious contact with another human being. We connect. As we get close to others we see the divine in them, and we see it in ourselves as well." —Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Conscious Conta...

Just for Today meditation for May 23, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 23 Amends and sponsors "We want to be free of our guilt, but we don't wish to do so at the expense of anyone else." Basic Text, p.39 ––––=–––– Let's face it: Most of us left trails of destruction in our wakes and harmed anyone who got in our...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 23, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 23 Maturity Helps Us Face Reality "Maturity comes to us when we use spiritual principles rather than defects to deal with reality." —Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Awakening to Our Spirituality” ––––=–––– It took some pretty twisted survival skills to de...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 21, read by Lauren Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 21 Facing Feelings with Optimism "When we realize we’ve survived every emotion we ever had, we start to believe that we are going to be alright even when we don’t feel alright." —Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Living Our Principles” ––––=–––– Feelings g...

Just for Today meditation for May 22, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 22 Symptoms of a spiritual awakening "The steps lead to an awakening of a spiritual nature. This awakening is evidenced by changes in our lives." Basic Text, p.48 ––––=–––– We know how to recognize the disease of addiction. Its symptoms are indisput...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 22, read by Craig Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 22 The Generosity in Being Vulnerable "Recovery is a gift, given freely, passed from hand to hand and heart to heart." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Eight, Opening Reflection ––––=–––– While it can be easy to think of our Traditions as nothing more...

Just for Today meditation for May 21, read by Lauren Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 21 Keep coming back! "Meetings keep us in touch with where we've been, but more importantly with where we could go in our recovery." Basic Text, p.54 ––––=–––– In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found ot...

Spiritual Principle a Day for May 20, read by Lauren Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 20 The Rewards of Responsibility "We don’t always want to work our program, but we know the rewards we get when we take responsibility for our recovery—and the consequences when we do not." —Living Clean, Chapter 1, “Keys to Freedom” ––––=–––– Earl...

Just for Today meditation for May 20, read by Lauren Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com May 20 Coming out of isolation. "We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing." Basic Text, p.98 ––––=–––– Active addiction kept us isolated for many reasons. In the beginning, we avoided family and friends so the...