Keep It Simple <!--042326-->
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. —Ernest Hemingway— It’s hard to listen in a complete way. Often we listen, but we’re still thinking about ourselves. We wonder, “How do their words relate to me? Do I have anything to add?” Often, fear is behind these questions. We fear saying the wrong thing. […]
Each Day a New Beginnings <!--042326-->
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. —Eleanor Roosevelt— We need to take note, today, of all the opportunities we have to offer a helping hand to another person. We can notice too, the many times a friend, or even a stranger, reaches out to us in a helpful way. The […]
Thought For The Day <!--042326-->
Men and women keep coming into A.A., licked by alcohol, often given up by doctors as hopeless cases, they themselves admitting they’re helpless to stop drinking. When I see these men and women get sober and stay sober over a period of months and years, I know that A.A. works. The change I see in […]
My Thought for the Day <!--042326-->
🦋 Rise and Shine my BEAUTIFUL SISTER❗…🌄🙋👭…What is SERENITY and how can We acquire it❓…🤔😏💐…We know how not to acquire it, and that is by running the show all by ourselves, with our own little plans and designs…🚧🚗📈📉😖…Making our next move in this day without consulting Our HIGHER POWER, pondering our thoughts over and over […]
Daily Reflections <!--042326-->
A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A.A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my early years of sobriety I was full of pride, thinking that A.A. was the only source of treatment for a good and happy life. […]
Promise of a New Day <!--042326-->
One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment. —Merle Shain— Pain pushes us, sometimes gently, sometimes forcefully. It pushes us to make or accept changes in our lives. We do not always welcome change. Often the change even seems to intensify the pain for a spell. But in […]