Promise of a new Day <!--063025-->
My life, I will not let you go except you bless me, But then I will let you go. —Isak Dinesen— There is something noble in the spirits of those who battle death, who cling to life. We are all moved to their struggle, yet perhaps it is nobler still to let life go when […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--063025-->
Alcoholics are unable or unwilling, during their addiction to alcohol, to live in the present. The result is that they live in a constant state of remorse and fear because of their unholy past and its morbid attraction, or the uncertain future and its vague foreboding. So the only real hope for the alcoholic is […]
Daily Reflections <!--063025-->
SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A. A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice means unity and survival […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--063025-->
. . . in silence might be the privilege of the strong, but it was certainly a danger to the weak. For the things I was prompted to keep silent about were nearly always the things I was ashamed of, which would have been far better aired . . . —Joanna Field— It has been […]
Keep it Simple <!--063025-->
If you don’t know where you are going, You’ll probably end up somewhere else. —Lawrence J. Peter— The Twelve Steps are our plan of living. We must have a plan. Without one, we waste our energy. We react instead of think. This is what we did as an addict. We lived our lives as out-of-control […]
My Thought for the Day <!--063025-->
🌈RISE and SHINE, Beautiful, Radiant, Resiliently Wonderful Part of This Fantastic world❗…💃🌍…We can sometimes get up and our minds start writing OUR script for the day❗…📝😱🤖…The fears and worries of every tomorrow start to Creep into our every thought and We Become the PLAY WRITER for every POSSIBLE OUTCOME❗❗🤬😭👹🤤🤕🤐😵🙄🤗…Just cause We think it, does not […]
Daily Reflections <!--062925-->
A RIPPLING EFFECT Having learned to live so happily, we’d show everyone else how. . .Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . .So why shouldn’t we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156 The great discovery […]
Keep it Simple <!--062925-->
I don’t believe in the life afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear. —-Woody Allen— Most of us have many questions about a Higher Power. Sometimes we have more questions than answers. No matter how much we believe about God, there are always questions. Why do bad things happen if God is good? […]
Promise of a new Day <!--062925-->
God did not make us to be eaten up by anxiety, but to walk erect, free, unafraid in a world where there is work to do, truth to seek, love to give and win. —Joseph Fort Newton— Today stands before us with promise. It invites us to fully participate in experiences. That we are alive, […]
My Thought for the Day <!--062925-->
🌺 Rise and Shine Precious Sister ❗…🌞🛌🙋 …What a Beautiful time we have to live and give to one another…🤗👭…We can now start learning from our mistakes of the past…🙄✍👩🎓…By using this help of our HIGHER POWER in our today’s…We can see what happens when we are doing the wrong things, instead of try new […]