Recovery Poems & Songs
Poetry offers us a way of expressing the paradox that so often lies as an essential truth in our recovery journey. I hope you will join me in identifying poems that have a special meaning to you about your recovery. And I hope this section of the website becomes a place that deepens your recognition that you are not alone as you find a sense of belonging to one or more of these poems. – Bruce M.
You Too Must Weep – Anonymous
Positively Negative – Dick H
The Felt Sense – Anonymous
Tis The Set Of The Sail – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I Stand At The Door – Sam Shoemaker
When I Am Among The Trees – Mary Oliver
Do It Anyway – Mother Teresa
The Guest House – Jalaluddin Rumi
For A New Beginning – John O’Donohue
Sheepdogs – Evelyn Underhill
Today – Vivian Laramore
Bless My Enemies – St. Nikolai Velimirovich
Anthem – Leonard Cohen
Sideways – Travis Meadows
Invictus – Ernest Henley
Living With Hope – Henri Nouwen
Another Perspective On Unsuspected Inner Resource – Albert Camus
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers – Emily Dickinson
If You’re Ever In A Dark Room – Troy H.
Recovery Quotes
Self-discovery – Carl Jung
Self acceptance – Carl Jung, Brene Brown, Thomas Merton , Brennan Manning , James Hollis