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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. —Indira Gandhi— Each person we welcome into our lives blesses us in ways that only the passage of time can validate. To invite someone in, however, takes an honest extension of the self, an open-armed posture which implies that we will risk being open. How short life […]
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You’re only human, you’ve suppose to make mistakes. —Billy Joel— Listen to the kind voice inside. Listen to the voice that tells you you’re good enough. Listen to the voice that tells you it’s okay to make mistakes—you’ll learn from them. Listen to the voice that tells you to go to your meeting even though […]
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LISTENING DEEPLY, p.226 How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 37 If I accept and act upon the advice of those who have made the program work for themselves, I have a chance to […]
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SEEDS OF FAITH Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a “scientific thinker” like me, no answer could withstand a thorough […]
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Let him that would move the world, first move himself. —Socrates— Before recovery, most of us were big talkers. The Twelve Steps are for doers, not talkers. In the Steps we find action words: admitted, humbly asked, made direct amends, continued to take personal inventory. All these words speak of action, of doing. Recovery is […]
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We in A.A. are offering a kind of psychological program as well as a spiritual one. First, people must be mentally able to receive it. They must have made up their minds that they want to quit drinking, and they must be willing to do something about it. Their confidence must be obtained. We must […]
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Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment. –Amelia Barr— Where are our minds right now? Are we focused fully on this meditation? Or are our minds wandering off to events scheduled for later today or tomorrow perhaps? The simple […]
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Rivers and roads lead people on. —Georgia O’keeffe— Life is flowing and continuous; it is full of crossroads, tributaries, and sudden bends. To live is to travel, and negative spaces attract us. We want to follow the river or the road to find what lies around the next bend, over the next rise. The mere […]
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Any idea seriously entertained tends to bring about the realization of itself. —Joseph Chilton Pearce— The magic in believing our capabilities at the moment, believing in our future potential, believing that we are worthy human beings with a purpose for being alive.Those ideas we hold in our minds, be they positive self-appraisals or negative personal […]
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We in A.A. must remember that we are offering something intangible. We are offering a psychological and spiritual program. We are not offering a medical program. If people need medical treatment, we call in a doctor. If they need a medical prescription, we let the doctor prescribe for them. If they need hospital treatment, we […]