Promise of a new Day <!--101424-->
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. —Lydia M. Child— At no instant are we honestly at a loss about what steps to take, what decision to make. Each of us is both guarded and guided by an inner voice that we occasionally tune in […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--101424-->
The balance between mind and spirit comes hard for me. The eternal split. Two entities, perfectly aware and yet perfectly unwilling to cooperate. —Mary Casey— The program directs our spiritual growth, a human aspect that had atrophied, if ever it had existed, for most of us before abstinence. And the process of developing our spiritual […]
My Thought for the Day <!--101424-->
☀️ Good Morning PRECIOUS GEM❗…💎🙋♀️…We are learning to accept ourselves as we are…🤔🤸♀️🎊🤪… Not always the easiest job to do. For we can sometimes get stuck in the negative thoughts that want to beat us up and leave us for dead in a dark alley…🌃👺🥊😱…how can we turn this around, before we turn on those […]
Daily Reflections <!--101424-->
A PROGRAM FOR LIVING When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. . . . On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. . . Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 […]
Keep it Simple <!--101424-->
A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on. —Carl Sandburg— Recovery, is also God’s opinion that the world should go on. But when we used alcohol and other drugs, there were days when even the sight of a newborn baby couldn’t bring hope into our hearts. We were spiritually dead. We didn’t […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--101424-->
How big a part of my life is A.A.? Is it just one of my activities and a small one at that? Do I only go to A.A. meetings now and then and sometimes never go at all? Do I think of A.A. only occasionally? Am I reticent about mentioning A.A. to people who might […]