Daily Reflections <!--041425-->
THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER” Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is […]
Thought For The Day <!--041425-->
A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in each case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went out and […]
My Thought for the Day <!--041425-->
☀️ 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 […]
Keep It Simple <!--041425-->
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today. —Hugh Prather— Even in recovery, we addicts often feel we are not enough. Maybe it’s leftover shame from our using days. But we are enough. We are of great value. We all need each other to stay sober. Each of us needs other recovering […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041425-->
We must build paradigms of science itself. —Steven Rose and Hilary Rose— Science itself is not to be feared. We fear what science is capable of—just as we fear what human beings are capable of, when they act on their violent feelings, without control or choice. Science is a powerful tool of the human mind, […]
Each Day a New Beginnings<!--041425-->
Only those who dare, truly live. —Ruth P. Freedman— We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be heightened. When we risk […]