AA Thought for the Day <!--021326-->
Sometimes we can’t help thinking: Why can’t we ever drink again? We know it’s because we’re alcoholics, but why did we have to get that way? The answer is that at some point in our drinking careers, we passed what is called our “tolerance point.” When we passed this point, we passed from a condition […]
Keep it Simple <!--021326-->
Tomorrow doesn’t matter, for I have lived today. —Horace…Life is found in the present. One of the first things we hear when we enter the program is, One Day at a Time. We break life into short time periods. This give us the power to change. We’re not sure we can stay sober for a […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--021326-->
I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my husband. —Pat Nixon— Putting another person’s needs first is what most of us were trained to do when growing up. We were seldom encouraged to embark on an individual course, and years of taking a […]
Daily Reflections <!--021326-->
WE CAN’T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.’s can say, “Yes, we were like you–far too smart for our own good…. Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone.” AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant […]
Keep it Simple <!--021226-->
We are always the same age inside.—Gertrude Stein— Deep inside, we each have a child’s spirit. We still have many of the feelings we had when we were young. Some of us have a hurting child inside. There’s sadness, fear, or anger that hasn’t gone away. We’re still lonely, no matter how many people care […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--021226-->
As we look back on all those troubles we used to have when we were drinking, the hospitals, the jails, we wonder how we could have wanted that kind of life. As we look back on it now, we see our drinking life as it really was and we’re glad we’re out of it. So […]
Daily Reflections <!--021226-->
“THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES” Selfishness–self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will be perfectly okay without […]
My Thought for the Day <!--021226-->
💗 Hello Precious Friend, How Strong and Resiliently Beautiful You Are this wonderful morning ❗ 💪👸☔ …We arise in the morning and can find ourselves in conflict with ourselves…🤩😵😡 …and this can tend to lead us into conflicts with others unintentionally and misdirected and feeling alienated…😳🤬👽 …or the exact opposite happens, we wake up refreshed […]
Promise of a new Day <!--021226-->
For have you not perceived that imitations, whether of bodily gestures, tones of voice, or modes of thought, if they be persevered in from an early age, are apt to grow into habits and a second nature? —Plato— What does it mean to act “as if?” When we feel angry and unforgiving, it means we […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--021226-->
There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. —Mary McCarthy— We understand today ideas we couldn’t grasp yesterday. We are conscious this year of details of our past that we may have glossed over at the time. Our blinders are slowly giving […]