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πΊHello Sunshine and WELCOME to your Dayβ…ππ€…When we return to the old thinking and behaviors for quick solutions, things tend not to work out very well …π§ π£π€¦π…We can be left feeling over-whelmed with guilt, depressed, owing an APOLOGY to OURSELVES or OTHERS…π³π’π€π¦…But when we make the DECISION to do things different and come up to […]
Daily Reflections <!--052626-->

TURNING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE Our spiritual and emotional growth in A.A. does not depend so deeply upon success as it does upon our failures and setbacks. If you will bear this in mind. I think that your slip will have the effect of kicking you upstairs, instead of down. AS BILL SEES IT , p. […]
Keep it Simple <!--052626-->

When I look at the future, it’s so bright, it burns my eyes. —Oprah Winfrey— During our illness, it was as if our spirit lived in a deep, dark cave. Our spirit became gloomy, cold, and lonely. Our spirit didn’t know how to get out of the cave. We were dying. Recovery brings us into […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--052626-->

Out of every crisis comes the chance to be reborn, to re-conceive ourselves as individuals, to choose the kind of change that will help us to grow and to fulfill ourselves more completely.Β —Nena O’Neill— Before choosing to recover, most of us lived through crisis after crisis. Many days we sought the oblivion of alcohol […]
Thought for the Day <!--052626-->

In twelfth-step work, the fourth thing is conversion. Conversion means change. Prospects must learn to change their way of thinking. Until now, everything they’ve done has been connected with drinking. Now they must face a new kind of life, without liquor. They must see and admit that they cannot overcome drinking by their own willpower, […]
Keep it Simple <!--052526-->

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. —Virginia Satir— Let’s keep this in mind: each of us is special in our own way. Often, we’re hard on ourselves because we’re different. Our Twelve Step groups pull our differences together. We listen and learn from our differences. We learn to see […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--052526-->

One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness–simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.Β —George Sand— We are as happy as […]
Promise of a New Day <!--052526-->

…my grief was to deeply rooted to be cured with words. —Orinda— …We give enormous power to words in our culture. Most of us have given words the power to hurt us, at times, and we have also given them the power to heal. Many of us say prayers that have a certain meaning, invoking […]
My Thought for the Day <!--052526-->

π Hello Sunshine and WELCOME to your Dayβ…ππ€…When we return to the old thinking and behaviors for quick solutions, things tend not to work out very well…π§ π£π€¦ββοΈπ…We can be left feeling over-whelmed with guilt, depressed, owing an APOLOGY to OURSELVES or OTHERS…π³ππ€…But when we make the DECISION to do things different and come up to […]
Daily Reflections <!--052526-->

PROGRESSIVE GRATITUDE Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a second chance to live a worthwhile life. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, I have been restored to sanity. The promises are being fulfilled in my life. I am grateful to […]