Recovery Meditations ~ One Day at a Time

THE RECOVERY GROUP

RECOVERY MEDITATIONS
One Day at a Time

The members and trusted servants of the Recovery Group take pride in presenting to you their original recovery reflections and meditations relating to the 12 Steps. This is a work in progress and will be completed when the Committee reviews, edits and chooses 365 of what we hope will be the most inspired collection of the experience, strength and hope of compulsive eaters ever put together.

The completed project will be published and bound in a leather-like cover with a gold Recovery logo and matching satin bookmark. The ends of the pages will be golden and the working title of the book is Recovery Meditations ~ One Day at a Time. Beautiful color photos of nature will introduce each month's reflections. It is our prayer that we can find the resources to publish and distribute this book at no cost to Recovery members and that it will reach and inspire COEs from one end of our world to the other.

This ambitious project is a labor of love. Members in more than 100 recovery loops and meetings are submitting their very best to us. With God's help, we will one day have this complete for you on the Recovery website, in a beautiful hard copy book and possibly even on audio for those who have difficulty in reading the written word.

If you would like to take part in this collective effort, please send your submission to us at RecoveryMeditations@egroups.com. All submissions become the property of the Recovery Group and no names will be used in the publication. As each completed entry is approved, it will find a resting place on our beautiful website until it's time to go to the publisher to be joined by 364 others.

REFLECTIONS OF RECOVERY

HOPE
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson
OPPORTUNITIES
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he finds."

Francis Bacon

GIFTS
"For each step there is a principle.
I believe with each step I received a gift."

Anonymous

FEAR
"Some of your griefs you have cured and the sharpest you still have survived.
But what torments of pain you endured from evils that never arrived."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

CHANGE
"If you would truly wish to understand something, try to change it."

Kurt Lewin

SELF RESPECT
"In his private heart ...
no man much respects himself."

Mark Twain

NEGATIVE THINKING
"Condemn the fault and not the actor of it."

William Shakespeare

TRUST
"Come to the edge, he said.
They said, 'We are afraid.'
Come to the edge, he said.
They came. He pushed them...and they flew."

Guillaume Apollinaire

CHOICES
"Destiny is not a matter of chance;
it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for;
it is a thing to be achieved."

William Jennings Bryan

LIVING RIGHT
"Life is not a matter of having good cards ...
but of playing a poor hand well."

Robert Louis Stevenson

ACTION
"He does not believe who does not live his belief."

Thomas Fuller

IDENTITY
"Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself loses his misery."

Matthew Arnold

HONESTY
"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."

Walter Anderson

ANGER
"Anger is only one letter short of danger."

Eleanor Roosevelt

HONORING MYSELF
"And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?"

Kahlil Gibran

SURRENDER
"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be"

Abraham Lincoln

CONTROL
"I offer you this prayer
for all the difficult relationships in our lives:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change,
the courage to change the person I can,
and the wisdom to know that person is me."

Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
BEFORE AND AFTER
"The Light of God surrounds me.
The Love of God enfolds me.
The Power of God protects me.
The Presence of God watches over me.
Wherever I am, God is ... and all is well."

James Dillet Freeman

FOOTWORK
""I've lost so much weight that I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. "

Erma Bombeck

EXAMPLES
"Preach always ...
use words if necessary."

St. Francis of Assisi

LOVE
"Love conquers all things.
Let us, too, surrender to love."

Virgil

FREEDOM
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Judy Garland

GROWING OLDER
"I think, therefore I am."

Rene Descartes

SERVICE
"I do not know what path in life you will take, but I do know this: If, on that path, you do not find a way to serve, you will never be happy."

Albert Schweitzer

ETERNITY
"Every action of our lives
touches on some chord that
will vibrate in eternity."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

SANITY
"Came to believe ...
That a power greater than ourselves ...
Could restore us to sanity."

Step Three ~ The Twelve Steps of Recovery

SUFFERING
"The desire to stop suffering is not the same thing as the desire to stop the behavior we are doing which causes us to suffer."

Dr. James Golden

FORGIVENESS
"Forgiveness for ourselves is the journey from guilt over what we have done or not done to the celebration of what we have become."

Joan Borysenko

APATHY
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

Albert Einstein

I AM
"I yam what I yam."

Popeye, the Sailor Man

SELF-TRUTH
"You cannot be true to God or to anyone else until you are true to yourself."

Sr. Jeanne Koma, H.M.

THE PAST
"Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it." "

Marianne Williamson

CONTROL ~ 2
"I know God will not give me anything I cannot handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."

Mother Teresa

OTHERS
Those who have learned by experience
what physical and emotional pain and anguish
mean .. are a community all over the world.
They are united by a secret bond.

Albert Schweitzer

STAYING PRESENT
"First you need only look."

Anne Hillman

LOVE
"When you love you should not say,
"God is in my heart," but rather,
"I am in the heart of God."

Kahlil Gibran

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HOPE "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all." Emily Dickinson	OPPORTUNITIES "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon
GIFTS "For each step there is a principle. I believe with each step I received a gift." Anonymous	FEAR "Some of your griefs you have cured and the sharpest you still have survived. But what torments of pain you endured from evils that never arrived." Ralph Waldo Emerson
CHANGE "If you would truly wish to understand something, try to change it." Kurt Lewin	SELF RESPECT "In his private heart ... no man much respects himself." Mark Twain
NEGATIVE THINKING "Condemn the fault and not the actor of it." William Shakespeare	TRUST "Come to the edge, he said. They said, 'We are afraid.' Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them...and they flew." Guillaume Apollinaire
CHOICES "Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan	LIVING RIGHT "Life is not a matter of having good cards ... but of playing a poor hand well." Robert Louis Stevenson
ACTION "He does not believe who does not live his belief." Thomas Fuller	IDENTITY "Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself loses his misery." Matthew Arnold
HONESTY "Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." Walter Anderson	ANGER "Anger is only one letter short of danger." Eleanor Roosevelt
HONORING MYSELF "And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?" Kahlil Gibran	SURRENDER "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be" Abraham Lincoln
CONTROL "I offer you this prayer for all the difficult relationships in our lives: God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the person I can, and the wisdom to know that person is me." Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey	BEFORE AND AFTER "The Light of God surrounds me. The Love of God enfolds me. The Power of God protects me. The Presence of God watches over me. Wherever I am, God is ... and all is well." James Dillet Freeman
FOOTWORK ""I've lost so much weight that I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. " Erma Bombeck	EXAMPLES "Preach always ... use words if necessary." St. Francis of Assisi
LOVE "Love conquers all things. Let us, too, surrender to love." Virgil	FREEDOM "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." Judy Garland
GROWING OLDER "I think, therefore I am." Rene Descartes	SERVICE "I do not know what path in life you will take, but I do know this: If, on that path, you do not find a way to serve, you will never be happy." Albert Schweitzer
ETERNITY "Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity." Edwin Hubbel Chapin	SANITY "Came to believe ... That a power greater than ourselves ... Could restore us to sanity." Step Three ~ The Twelve Steps of Recovery
SUFFERING "The desire to stop suffering is not the same thing as the desire to stop the behavior we are doing which causes us to suffer." Dr. James Golden	FORGIVENESS "Forgiveness for ourselves is the journey from guilt over what we have done or not done to the celebration of what we have become." Joan Borysenko
APATHY "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein	I AM "I yam what I yam." Popeye, the Sailor Man
SELF-TRUTH "You cannot be true to God or to anyone else until you are true to yourself." Sr. Jeanne Koma, H.M.	THE PAST "Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it." " Marianne Williamson
CONTROL ~ 2 "I know God will not give me anything I cannot handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much." Mother Teresa	OTHERS Those who have learned by experience what physical and emotional pain and anguish mean .. are a community all over the world. They are united by a secret bond. Albert Schweitzer
STAYING PRESENT "First you need only look." Anne Hillman	LOVE "When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God." Kahlil Gibran

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