Daily Reflections <!--091124-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

MAKING AMENDS Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 87 To have courage, to be unafraid, are gifts of my recovery. They empower me to ask for help and to go forth in making my amends with a […]

Promise of a new Day <!--091124-->

We saw endurance, chance, and law.We knew transience but glimpsed eternity. We learned that natures flux is constancy and we were at ease. —Edna Hong and Howard Hong… Precious are the glimpses we get into the nature of things. But we must be ready for them, or the most exquisite lessons will be lost on […]

A.A. Thought for the Day <!--091124-->

Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

Continuing the answers to the question of how a person can live without liquor and be happy, we say: “You will be bound to the other A.A.s with new and wonderful ties, for you and they will escape disaster together and all will commence shoulder to shoulder the common journey to a better and more […]

My Thought for the Day <!--091124-->

🌻Good morning Beautiful Friend …👋🌈🌞 … What a Beautiful Day to celebrate where we are, on our journey in our recovery…🎉👣👩‍❤️ …with Courage and Strength, Hope and Willingness, Honesty and Faith… To realize that… JUST CAUSE WE THINK IT, DON’T MAKE IT REAL … LOL…🧠😂😱  … We Have a mind that likes to make up […]

Each day a new Beginning <!--091124-->

Pretty Purple Flowers

I used to think I’d never know the difference between serenity and depression because depression subdued me.  —S.H.— Depression is familiar to us all, and less incapacitating than it used to be. We have made progress, we can be assured. “This too shall pass” is not an empty slogan. Each of us can recall, with […]

Keep it Simple <!--091124-->

This above all: To thine own self be true. —William Shakespeare— What does this saying mean: “To thine own self be true”? Hadn’t we thought only of ourselves before recovery? The answer is no. That wasn’t the real us. Each of us lost touch with our real self because of our addiction. We lost our […]