Keep it Simple <!--011426-->
If you play with a thing long enough, you will surely break it. —Anonymous— Some things shouldn’t be played with. Our recovery program is one these things. When we play with our program, we’re taking a risk. We play with the program by missing meetings. Or by not calling our sponsors. Or by skipping the […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011426-->
When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we’re in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we’re living in […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011426-->
Perhaps this very instant is your time… your own, your peculiar, your promised and presaged moment, out of all moments forever. —Louise Bogan— “This very instant” is all we have. We make plans for the future, we invoke memories of the past, but really, all we have to deal with and to act in is […]
Daily Reflections <!--011426-->
NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program’s Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011426-->
In a culture where approval/disapproval has become the predominant regulator of effort and position, and often the substitute for love, our personal freedoms are dissipated. —Viola Spolin— Wanting others to approve our efforts, our appearance, our aspirations and behavior is perfectly normal, certainly not unhealthy. However, needing the approval in order to proceed with our […]