Voices of Recovery

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 29, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 29 Integrity through Personal Responsibility "Everyone makes mistakes; promptly admitting when we are wrong shows integrity and responsibility for our actions." —Living Clean, Chapter 6, “Work” ––––=–––– Perception is a funny thing. Self-c...

Just for Today meditation for October 29, read by Sophie X. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 29 Living in the now "Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future." Basic Text, pp. 90-91 ––––=–––– Thoughts of how bad it was-or could be-can consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderfu...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 28, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 28 Freedom, Wherever We Are "The ability to grow spiritually enables us to find freedom, even within the walls of a cell. Our greatest freedom is not outside ourselves but within." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, Opening Essay ––––=––...

Just for Today meditation for October 28, read by Sophie X. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 28 Attitudes "We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes." Basic Text, p.53 ––––=–––– Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking people's inventories...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 27, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 27 Accepting All of Me "We make peace with ourselves—with all we have gained, and lost, and learned, and become." —Living Clean, Chapter 1, “A Vision of Hope” ––––=–––– WHO AM I? As clichéd and psychobabbling as that question may seem, man...

Just for Today meditation for October 27, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 27 Living in the present "We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today." Basic Text, p.28 ––––=–––– For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives aren't the same any...

Just for Today meditation for October 26, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 26 The path to self-acceptance "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No.19, "Self-Acceptance" ––––=–––– Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 26, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 26 The Impact of Consistency ". . . a group needs the consistent commitment of its members to show up and take part in its meetings. Upon that commitment rests the group’s stability; without it, no group can survive long." —It Works, Tradition Seven...

We close out our October, “Showbiz in Recovery” series with the story of Colleen—a woman whose life has been saved and transformed, one note at a time. Born with a condition that fused her spine, Colleen knew pain from the moment she entered the world. As a young girl, she found escape through music, lying next to the speakers at her local bars just to feel the rhythm vibrate through her bones. Sh...

Just for Today meditation for October 25, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 25 Principles before personalities "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." Twelfth Tradition ––––=–––– "Principles before personalities." Many of us chant these words...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 25, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 25 Cultivating Curiosity "We keep learning and growing, finding ways to live and to use our experience to help others. No matter how long we have been clean, there is still more for us to learn and more for us to share." —Living Clean, Cha...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 24, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 24 Conscience and Step Ten "We need to stay in tune with the voice of our conscience and listen to what it’s telling us. When we get a nagging feeling that something isn’t quite right, we should pay attention to it." —It Works, Step Ten ––––=–––– Th...

Just for Today meditation for October 24, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 24 Responsibility "We are not responsible for our disease, only for our recovery. As we begin to apply what we have learned, our lives begin to change for the better" Basic Text, p.88 ––––=–––– The further we go in recovery, the less we av...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 23, read by Colleen Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 23 Expressing Our Autonomy with Integrity "Autonomy allows us to express who we are with integrity and to carry a message: the truth of our own experience, in our own way." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Four, Opening Reflection ––––=––––...

Just for Today meditation for October 23, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 23 Surrender "By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power." Basic Text, p.43 ––––=–––– When we were using, we did everything we could to run things our way. We used every scheme imaginable to bring our world under control. When we got...

Just for Today meditation for October 22, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 22 Look who's talking "Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations." Basic Text, p.80 ––––=–––– Some of us say, "My disease is talking to me." Others say, "My head won't turn off." Still...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 22, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 22 Finding Humility in Unity "We learn when it’s important to stand for principles, and when it’s best to step aside in the name of unity, knowing that a loving God is ultimately in charge." —Living Clean, Chapter 1, “Why We Stay” ––––=–––– We...

Just for Today meditation for October 21, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 21 God's will today "This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery." IP No.14, "One Addict's Experience" ––––=–––– Sometimes, we really live the Third Step-and it's...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 21, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 21 Optimism and That Storied Glass of Water "Just for today my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of drugs." —Basic Text, Chapter 9: Just for Today—Living the Program ––––=–––– People often talk about pes...

Just for Today meditation for October 20, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 20 Freedom to choose "Enforced morality lacks the power that comes to us when we choose to live a spiritual life." Basic Text, p.44 ––––=–––– In our active addiction, many of us lived our lives by default. We were unwilling or unable to make c...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 20, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 20 Anonymity as Our Spiritual Foundation "Our spiritual foundation is not a question of whether we know each other’s last names; it’s that we accept each other regardless of who we are and what we have done." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Twe...

Just for Today meditation for October 19, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 19 Standing for something "... we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost to many of us." Basic Text, p.85 ––––=–––– In our active addiction, we were prepared to compromise everything we believed in just to get...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 19, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 19 Tapping into Creativity ". . . when we are spiritually connected, creativity flows through us. This doesn’t necessarily mean that we paint or make music (though it can), but that we can see solutions to problems and find satisfaction in doing wh...

Just for Today meditation for October 18, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 18 We all belong "Although 'politics makes strange bedfellows,' as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind." Basic Text, p.84 ––––=–––– What a mixture of folks we have in Narcotics Anonymous! In any given meeting on any g...

Spiritual Principle a Day for October 18, read by Roy Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com October 18 Faith When Times Are Tough "Getting through hard times strengthens our faith." —Living Clean, Chapter 1, “Growing Pains” ––––=–––– Getting those first 30 days clean is a milestone for many reasons, not least of which is that it gives us som...