Daily Reflections <!--070624-->
IDENTIFYING FEAR . . . . The chief activator of our defects has been self – centered fear. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 76 When I feel uncomfortable, irritated, or depressed, I look for fear. This “evil and corroding thread” is the root of my distress: Fear of failure; fear […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--070624-->
We tried to study our alcoholic problem, wondering what was the cause of our strange obsession. Many of us took special treatments, hospitalization, even confinement in institutions. In every case, the relief was only temporary. We tried through crazy excuses to convince ourselves that we knew why we drank, but we went on regardless. Finally […]
Promise of a new Day <!--070624-->
Of course, fortune has its part in human affairs, but conduct is really much more important. —Jeanne Detourbey— Our behavior in small, mean situations is ultimately as grave in its impact on the whole of human relationships as a major action taken in response to a large- scale crisis. No action or expressed attitude is […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--070624-->
Peace, she supposed, was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible. —Elizabeth Goudge— Self-centeredness, egocentrism, and selfishness are familiar to most of us. We have judged our world and all the situations and people in it in terms of how their […]
Keep it Simple <!--070624-->
When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade. —Dale Carnegie— Our illness is one big lemon, but our recovery is lemonade. None of us signed up to be drunks or drugies, but we all signed up for recovery. That’s when the happiness began. Yes, there will be pain, but the joy will […]
My Thought for the Day <!--070624-->
🌹 Hello Remarkably Strong, Beautiful Sister❗…💪👭…We are Gifted with this wonderful day to Grown in…🎁🌈👩❤️👩…We have so many opportunities to be self-seeking, dis-honest, and lost in the denial of our self-serving motives…😈👈😆…Majority of the time, we are Even Blind to these Characteristics…😎🧐😱…and our disease is having us Believe, “These are certainly good intentions❗”…🤡😜🤪…When in fact […]