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“HOLD BACK NOTHING” The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break […]
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Anyone who follows a middle course is called a sage. — Maimonides— Much of the wisdom of our program is about how to live in the middle. We learn how to pause and think before we act. We ask, “What is the best way to handle this?” We look for the smooth part of the […]
My Thought for the Day <!--050626-->
💗 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 […]
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I stand before you as a tower of strength, the weight of the world on my shoulders. As you pass through my life, look, but not too close, for I fear I will expose the vulnerable me. —Deidra Sarault— Vulnerability is as much a part of being human as is strength. Our vulnerability prevents our […]
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I’ve noticed that the ones who do the most for A.A. are not in the habit of boasting about it. The danger of building myself up too much is that, if I do, I’m in danger of having a fall. That pattern of thought goes with drinking. If one side of a boat gets too […]
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I had to show off and boast so that people would think I amounted to something, when, of course, both they and I knew that I really didn’t amount to anything. I didn’t fool anybody. Although I’ve been sober for quite a while, the old habit of building myself up is still with me. I […]
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🌺 Good Morning you Wonderful, Fantastic Lovely Lady ❗…🤗💃…You know when we think about this 24 hours ahead, we realize how our life Can take a turn, be it ever so slight or ever so drastic for the better or worse…😍/👺…And even though we work only enough to get us by sometimes, we can see […]
Promise of a New Day <!--050526-->
He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this—that he knew nothing yet. —Aphra Behn— It’s true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don’t know. It’s also true that we don’t need to learn anything at all in order to […]
Daily Reflections <!--050526-->
THE FOREST AND THE TREES . . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 […]
Each Day A New Beginning <!--050526->
…it is a peaceful thing to be one succeeding. —Gertrude Stein— Success is at hand. While we read these words, we are experiencing it. At this very instant, our commitment to recovery is a sign of success, and we feel peace each time we let go of our struggle, turning to another for help, for […]