My Thought for the Day <!--080226-->

๐Ÿ’Good morning Fabulous SISTERโ—…๐Ÿ‘ญ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ…What a Beautiful day we have been give to share in…๐ŸŒ„๐Ÿฃ…It is no coincidence that The Steps start with the word, “WEโ—”…๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ…When it was “I”, I was alone in my troubles, my problems, and depression. Isolation came easy, and I could not stay Sober physically or emotionally…๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿคฏ…I had to learn that Others […]

Promise of a new Day <!--080226-->

Old folks—and here I’m talking about myself—need more than anything else to feel they are needed, that they have a purpose in life.ย  —Ruth Youngdahl Nelson— Believing that we count in the lives of others, that others need us and appreciate our contribution in the workplace, the community, and at home is a universal need. […]

Keep it Simple <!--080226-->

. . . and because willing to make amends to them all.—Second half of Step Eight— We have made our list of persons we’ve harmed. Now we look at how willing we areย  to make amends. We might find that we aren’t ready and willing to make amends to everyone. Maybe they have wronged us […]

Daily Reflections <!--080226-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

WE BECOME WILLING. . . . . At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh […]

AA Thought for the Day <!--080226-->

Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

Alcoholics Anonymous has no quarrel with medicine, psychiatry, or religion. We have great respect for the methods of each. And we are glad for any success they may have had with alcoholics. We are desirous always of cooperating with them in every way. The more doctors, the more psychiatrists, the more clergy and rabbis we […]

Each day a new Beginning <!--080226-->

Pretty Purple Flowers

Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn–Lo, all things can be borne!ย  —Elizabeth Chase Akers— What bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It’s probably that whatever it was, we were obsessed with it, certain that our futures were ruined, that there was no reasonable solution. […]