Promise of a new Day <!--111825-->
One is happy as the result of one’s own efforts. —George Sand— Our attitude about our circumstances or our hopes determines the tenor of a moment, eventually of the whole day. No attitude, no feeling or emotion, is foisted upon us. We have always made the choice. Perhaps our passivity regarding choices has all to […]
Daily Reflections <!--111825-->
A SAFETY NET Occasionally. . . We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won’t pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, […]
Keep it Simple <!--111825-->
Life is short: live it up. —Nikita— We won’t stay sober long unless it’s more fun than using chemicals. The truth is, using chemicals wasn’t fun anymore. It was work. We just told ourselves it was still fun. So live it up! Try new things. Meet new friends. Try new foods. Taking risks and having […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111725-->
I think happiness is like the effect on an audience (when acting), if you think of it all the time you will not get it, you must get lost in the part, lost in your purposes and let the effect be the criterion of your success. —Joanna Field— Happiness is a gift that accompanies every […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111725-->
…be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a foreign tongue. —Rainer Maria Rilke— We strive to know ourselves, yet we all have unsolved questions in our hearts. We don’t need to answer them to achieve […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111725-->
Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are different people. Then we wonder how […]
Daily Reflections <!--111725-->
OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn’t quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less and less […]
My Thought for the Day <!--111725-->
🌹 Good morning Precious Smiling Heart❗…😁💝…When we find OURSELVES, We lose our misery…☹/👩❤️… Love is Added, and our Spirits can GROW!!!…💖=👼… Each step along the way Is placed by our HIGHER POWER for our benefits and Growth…🌈🕊… Sometimes, the Journey is tough on us, and is meant to STRENGTHEN us for new things to come…💪🎇🌄…But […]
Keep it Simple <!--111725-->
Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. —Herman Melville— We have hung on in hard times. We made it through our addiction. Some of us have lived through abuse. We’ve felt like our hearts were broken. But we’ve proven we are […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111625-->
I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things that I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when […]