Promise of a new Day <!--062224-->
…all humans are frightened of their own solitude. Yet only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternity of aloneness. —Han Suyin— Being quiet with ourselves lets the inner person surface. Acknowledging the inner voice invites the comfort it can offer. Acknowledging also gifts us with certain guidance needed […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--062224-->
If you have any doubt, just ask any of the older members of the A.A. group, and they will readily tell you that since they turned their lives over to the care of God as they understand Him, many of their problems have been banished into the forgotten yesterdays. When you allow yourself to be […]
Keep it Simple <!--062224-->
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. —St. Augustine— We started recovering the minute we admitted we were powerless over our illness. We crossed over from dishonesty to honesty. Often, we don’t see what power honestly has. Maybe we still aren’t sure that being honest is best for us. It […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--062224-->
I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. —Amelia Earhart— Fear of failure plagues many women, not just those who get into trouble with drugs, alcohol, food. Those of us […]
Daily Reflections <!--062224-->
TODAY, I’M FREE This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power–that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I […]
Daily Reflections <!--062124-->
FEAR AND FAITH The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition of insecurity, we shall all react to this emotion – well or badly, as the case may be. Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom […]
Promise of a new Day <!--062124-->
May the new week come to us For health, life and all good; May it bring us sustenance, good tidings, Deliverance and consolations. —Woman’s Sabbath Prayer— Our life constantly renews itself; we celebrate the new year, the new week, the new seasons. New babies, new jobs, new homes give us occasion for rejoicing; the ruins […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--062124-->
Intelligent faith in that Power greater than ourselves can be counted on to stabilize our emotions. It has an incomparable capacity to help us look at life in balanced perspective. We look up, around, and away from ourselves, and we see that nine out of ten things that at the moment upset us will shortly […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--062124-->
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are interesting monologues, that is all. –Rebecca West— How often we want to be heard, to be truly listened to by our spouse, our children, friends and co-workers. And we deserve to be fully attended to. So do the other persons in our […]
Keep it Simple <!--062124-->
The future is much like the present, only longer. —Dan Quisenberry— In many ways we don’t know what the future holds. But in terms of recovery, we know the future holds the Twelve steps. They will be with us for life. We should never fall into the trap of thinking we “know” the program. We’ll […]