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We do not remember days, we remember moments. —Cesare Pavese… It’s the moment that’s important. Each moment holds choice. Our spirits grow through working our program moment to moment. Moments lead to days, days to years, and years to a life of honest recovery. It will be the moments of choice that we remember. The […]
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Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. It is seeing things in a straight line without any bend or break or aberration of sight, seeing them as they are, without any warping of vision. —Maude Adams… We are learning, each day of our abstinence, to see more clearly what lies before us. Less and […]
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt… Self-talk is powerful. It will develop a healthy ego. Likewise, it can trigger ego deterioration. Our strength in times of trouble can be doubled or eroded depending on the commitment we’ve made to positive self-worth.A secure self-image and unwavering self confidence are characteristics […]
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Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, “Have a drink on me.” But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be an alcoholic. In A.A., we really try to help other alcoholics. […]
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🌈 Hello Sunshine❗…🌞🙋🏼♀️…What a Beautiful Program and Fellowship we have been given. It can help us appreciate the SUNSHINE We can shine through our ATTITUDES, our LOVE and our LIVES…💖☀📖…For we are here to SHINE when the sun isn’t…🤗🌥🤷♀️…So we can keep our boundaries, and not let People, Places,Things or Situations push those Buttons we […]
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…fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. —Shirley MacLaine… Life is sterile and stifled when we close ourselves off from the smiles or swift glances of others. The opportunities we have for personal Contacts are not mere chance. We draw to ourselves experiences and thus acquaintances which will lend meaning to our lives.Our […]
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When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. —Katherine Mansfield… Perfectionism and its control over our lives stands seriously in the way of our growth and well-being, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. Life’s lessons […]
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By drinking, we escaped from boredom for a while. We almost forgot our troubles. But when we sobered up, our troubles were twice as bad. Drinking had only made them worse. In A.A., we really escape boredom. Nobody’s bored at an A.A. meeting. We stick around after it’s over and we hate to leave. Drinking […]
Daily Reflections <!--020326-->
FILLING THE VOID We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. “Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?” As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on […]
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.—Erma Bombeck— We often hear, “Stick with the winners.” Not everyone in Twelve Step meetings is there for recovery.. But many members follow a Twelve Step way of living. We need to find those people. This is really true when it comes to finding a sponsor. […]