Each day a new Beginning <!--091126-->
I used to think I’d never know the difference between serenity and depression because depression subdued me. —S.H.— Depression is familiar to us all, and less incapacitating than it used to be. We have made progress, we can be assured. “This too shall pass” is not an empty slogan. Each of us can recall, with […]
Keep it Simple <!--091126-->
This above all: To thine own self be true. —William Shakespeare— What does this saying mean: “To thine own self be true”? Hadn’t we thought only of ourselves before recovery? The answer is no. That wasn’t the real us. Each of us lost touch with our real self because of our addiction. We lost our […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--091026-->
It isn’t for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— Most of us are on a long uphill climb at this moment. It’s a climb we are making together, and yet a climb we can’t do for […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--091026-->
Here are answers to the question of how a person can live without liquor and be happy: “The things we put in place of drinking are more than substitutes for it. One is the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. In this company, you find release from care, boredom, and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life […]
Promise of a new Day <!--091026-->
I was tender and often, true; Ever a pray to coincidence, Always I knew the consequence; Always saw what the end would be. We’re as nature made us—hence I loved them until they loved me. —Dorthy Parker— Did Nature really make us so that we despise those who love us? Groucho Marx’s joke,”I wouldn’t belong […]
Daily Reflections <!--091026-->
RECOVERY BY PROXY? They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS p. 84 Sometimes I think: “Making these amends is going too far! No one should have to humble himself like that!” However, it is this very humbling of myself that brings me that much closer to the sunlight of […]
My Thought for the Day <!--091026-->
🌞Hello Sunshine❗🙋♀️🌹…and Good Morning to You…when I wake up and examine my thoughts and feelings this very morning and ask myself, where am I as I get into some honest meditation and prayer before starting my day, “Where am I,” “What am I feeling❓”…😁😔🤔🙏…I am learning this is where the Balance begins for this Alcoholic…when […]
Keep it Simple <!--091026-->
If you want a thing done “right,” you have to do it yourself. —Anonymous— We addicts can be very picky. We think there’s only one way to do things. It’s our way, But we call it the right way. When we think like this, three things happen. First, we put down other people. Second, we […]
My Thought for the Day <!--090926-->
🌞Rise and Shine Wonderful Gift to this world ❗🎁🎀🌍 Are We Really holding Ourselves accountable and taking responsibility for the ACTION NEEDED in Our PROGRAMS ❓…🎬😯😬…Or are we just doing enough to barely get by, 🤨🙄… For left to our own ideals and thoughts… 😏🤪… We could be in isolation, taking HOSTAGES, or getting caught […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--090826-->
It’s astonishing in this world how things don’t turn out at all the way you expect them to! —Agatha Christie— Probably every day of our lives, a plan goes awry. Often we have counted heavily on a particular outcome. We generally assume we have all things under control and know exactly what’s best for us, […]