Keep it Simple <!--061425-->
Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. —unknown— Time always seems to pass too slowly or too quickly for us. We want the fun times to last longer. We want the boring or painful times to go faster. But times goes at just the right pace. Any faster, and we wouldn’t […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--061425-->
All of us have unique talents and gifts. No obstacle, be it physical, mental or emotional, has the power to destroy our innate creative energies. –Liane Cordes— Believing this fully is difficult at times; for some of us, most of the time. But it is true. What each of us can contribute to the world […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--061425-->
In A.A. we have to learn that drink is our greatest enemy. Although we used to think that liquor was our friend, the time came when it turned against us and became our enemy. We don’t know just when this happened, but we know that it did because we began to get into trouble – […]
Daily Reflections <!--061425-->
WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH It is a design for living that works in rough going. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being sober […]
Promise of a new Day <!--061425-->
There’s a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. — Pearl Bailey— None of us is all good or all bad. Each of us take pride in some of our actions and suffers shame for others. To be human guarantees upheavals; we are assured […]
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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. —Robert Frost— Worry—it’s a lonely activity. It puts distance between us and others. Our program is full of ideas about what to do with worry. On Step Three, we turn our will and our lives over to God. This […]
Daily Reflections <!--061325-->
LIVING OUR AMENDS “Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill.” ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me. Making amends to […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--061325-->
In A.A. we have to reeducate our minds. We have to learn to think differently. We have to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. We have to look through the glass to what lies beyond it. We have to look through the night before to the morning after. No matter […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--061325-->
Everyday . . . life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly. —Dr. Ann Faraday— Facing the day straight on is occasionally difficult to do. There are those days we feel like crawling under the covers and staying there, certain that we can’t handle whatever […]
Promise of a new Day <!--061325-->
Memories, like olives, are an acquired taste. — Max Beerbohm— We’ve all learned to like different things as we’ve grown; different flavors, different colors, different music. There’s no such thing as naturally liking hockey or jazz; even if we’re barely aware of doing so, we had to discipline ourselves to find the pattern of reward […]