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Things do not change, we do. —Henry David Thoreau— There are still as many bars as there were when we were drinking. There are still lots of drugs around. The world hasn’t changed. What’s changed is that we now live a different way of life. We’ve learned that, for us, alcohol and other drugs are […]
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“We must be willing to make amends to all the people we have harmed. We must do the best we can to repair the damage done in the past. When we make amends, when we say: ‘I’m sorry,’ the person is sure at least to be impressed by our sincere desire to set right the […]
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CENTERING OUR THOUGHTS When World War II broke out, our A.A. dependence on a Higher Power had its first major test. A.A.’s entered the services and were scattered all over the world. Would they be able to take the discipline, stand up under fire, and endure . . . ? As Bill Sees It, p.200 […]
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Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. —Kathleen Casey Theisen— Recovery offers us courage to make choices about the events of our lives. Passive compliance with whatever is occurring need no longer dominate our pattern of behavior. Powerlessly watching our […]
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GIVING IT AWAY Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves to others. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.159 Those words, for me, refer to a transference of power, through which God, as I understand Him, enters my […]
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Life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. —Oscar Wilde— Villains get punished and heroes triumph in well-made plays and books. In life it’s not easy to say who’s who; most of us are heroic sometimes and villainous other times. Our lives are an uneven […]
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“If we are still clinging to something that we will not let go, we must sincerely ask God to help us to be willing to let even that go, too. We cannot divide our lives into compartments and keep some for ourselves. We must give all the compartments to God. We must say: ‘My creator, […]
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A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a full human has nothing else to turn to but the owning of material things. —Enriqueta Longeaux Vasquez— Each of us struggling with these Twelve Steps is finding self-expression and self-definition. Introspection, coupled with self-revelation through sharing with others, affords us […]
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THINK —Alcoholics Anonymous slogan— Now that we’re recovering, our minds are free. We can think. When we are faced with problems or choices, we can do this: Ask, “What is the problem?” Make a list of what we can do to work on the problem. Decide which of the actions on our list might work. […]
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In soloing–as in other activities–it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. —Amelia Earhart— Procrastination plagues us all, at one time or another. But any activity that is worthy of our effort should be tackled by bits and pieces, one day at a time. We are too easily overwhelmed when […]