My Thought for the Day <!--012226-->

๐ŸŒบHello Sunshine and WELCOME to your Dayโ—…๐ŸŒž๐Ÿค—…When we return to the old thinking and behaviors for quick solutions, things tend not to work out very well …๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ—ฃ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿ˜’…We can be left feeling over-whelmed with guilt, depressed, owing an APOLOGY to OURSELVES or OTHERS…๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿค๐Ÿ˜ฆ…But when we make the DECISION to do things different and come up to […]

Daily Reflections <!--012226-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

“LET’S KEEP IT SIMPLE” A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, “Remember, Bill, let’s not louse this thing up. Let’s keep it simple!” I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the last […]

AA Thought for the Day <!--012226-->

Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

In the beginning, you want to get sober, but you’re helpless, so you turn to a Power greater than yourself and by trusting in that Power, you get the strength to stop drinking. From then on, you want to keep sober, and that’s a matter of reeducating your mind. After a while, you get so […]

Promise of a new Day <!--012226-->

All our resolves and decisions are made in a mood or frame of mind which is certain to change. —Marcel Proust— When we are alert in the here and now we are constant collectors of new information. Consciously and subconsciously we sift through it and file it away not to be forgotten, however. Our opinions, […]

Keep it Simple <!--012226-->

ย Go often to the house of your friend: for weeds soon choke up the unused path. —Scandinavian proverb— Our program has two parts: the Steps, and the fellowship. Both keep us sober. We can’t stay sober if we go it alone. We need to work the Steps. We also need people—the help of our friends […]

Each Day a New Beginning <!--012226-->

Pretty Purple Flowers

One cannot have wisdom without living life.ย  —Dorothy McCall— Living life means responding, wholly, to our joys and our pitfalls. It means not avoiding the experiences or activities that we fear we can’t handle. Only through our survival of them do we come to know who we really are; we come to understand the strength […]