Promise of a New Day <!--052826-->
Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy. —Gretta Brooker Palmer— Self-centeredness aggravates the natural flow of circumstances surrounding us; too much attention on ourselves distorts whatever might be troubling us. However, focusing on others’ needs diminishes what we’d perceive as our own pressing need. This is a simple principle we […]
Keep it Simple <!--052826-->
Keep it Simple… Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. —Johann Fredrich Von Schiller— As we grow in recovery, we’ll need to change our behaviors, values, and beliefs to stay sane. This take courage. Courage is doing what is needed in spite of fear. Courage means facing what we can’t change. We can’t change the […]
Thought for the Day <!--052826-->
A.A. Thought For The Day— In A.A. we learn that since we are alcoholics we can be uniquely useful people. That is, we can help other alcoholics when perhaps somebody who has not had our experience with drinking could not help them. That makes us uniquely useful. The A.A.s are a unique group of people […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--052726-->
A.A. Thought For The Day In twelfth-step work, the fifth thing is Continuance. Continuance means our staying with prospects after they have started on the new way of living. We must stick with them and not let them down. We must encourage them to go to meetings regularly for fellowship and help. They will learn […]
My Thought for the Day <!--052726-->
Courage is fear that has been prayed for. It brings us to a fork 🍴 in the road, where we can go one of two ways…😳😱…Both of them seem very scary…😲👹👿
Daily Reflections <!--052726-->
NO MAUDLIN GUILT Day by day, we try to move a little toward God’s perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt… AS BILL SEES IT, p. 15 When I first discovered that there is not a single “don’t” in the Twelve Steps of A.A., I was disturbed because this discovery swung open […]
Promise of a New Day <!--052726-->
It should be impossible that anything should be produced if there was nothing existing before. —Aristotle— Everything comes from something. All the organic compounds in the world come from four elements; carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. From these simple ingredients have developed the marvelous chains of self-replicating proteins that fill the planet with jungles, gardens, […]
Keep it Simple <!--052726-->
Keep it Simple… It’s only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.—Henry David Thoreau— The biggest danger we face as recovering people is self-will. Do we try to control others? Do we always put ourselves before others? Are we full of self-pity? These are all ways that bind us to our self-will. In […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--052726-->
As the wheel of the decades turns, so do a person’s needs, desires, and tasks. Each of us does, in effect, strike a series of “deals” or compromises between the wants and longings of the inner self, and an outer environment that offers certain possibilities and sets certain limitations. —Maggie Scarf— What life has measured […]
Promise of a New Day<!--052626-->
The absence of love in our lives is what makes them seem raw and unfinished. —Ingrid Bengis— Love expressed softens the harsh cutting edge of any experience. Whether we’re the recipients of love or the giver, we still share the promised rewards, the greatest of which is the knowledge that we belong, that others know […]