A.A. Thought for the Day <!--090326-->
“Offer new prospects friendship and fellowship. Tell them that if they want to get well you will do anything to help. Burn the idea into the consciousness of new prospects that they can get well, regardless of anyone else. Job or no job, spouse or no spouse, they cannot stop drinking as long as they […]
Keep it Simple <!--090326-->
You will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. . . —Alcoholics Anonymous— As we work the Steps, we fix our broken life. Many things in our new life have been painful. Our addiction to alcohol or drugs made it all worse. But if things hadn’t gotten so bad we […]
Promise of a new Day <!--090326-->
The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. —Oliver Wendell Holmes— We may feel idle, but we are not. We are moving along some pathway at every moment, and each of us needs to accept responsibility for our movement and determine our course. […]
My Thought for the Day <!--090226-->
🌷Good Morning Great and Wonderful Sister!!!…👭💖…God is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves…✨👼…Sometimes we can get stuck in fear, anger, depression and guilt…😵😭🤬😳…and we can try to stay hidden in the darkest alley in our minds, with no true direction… 🌃👣…But we have a PROGRAM that reminds us of our Direction…↗🌞💯…And that […]
Daily Reflection <!--090226-->
FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE” The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development. As Bill Sees It, p.171 A line from a song goes, “. . . and I look to find a reason to believe . . .” It reminds me that at one time I was not able to find […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--090226-->
“Outline the program of action to new prospects, explaining how you made a self appraisal, how you straightened out your past, and why you are now endeavoring to help them. It is important for them to realize that your attempt to pass this on to them plays a vital part in your recovery. The more […]
Promise of a new Day <!--090226-->
I believed what I was told and not what my own eyes saw. —Margaret Drabble— Children see a flat world and are told it is round. We are trained very early to disbelieve the evidence of our senses. But there comes a point when we begin to question what we are told and to feel […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--090226-->
If I had to describe something as divine it would be what happens between people when they really get it together. There is a kind of spark that makes it all worthwhile. When you feel that spark, you get a good feeling deep in your gut. —June L. Tapp— How lucky we are, that we […]
Keep it Simple <!--090226-->
… except when to do so would injure them or others. —Second half of Step Nine— We have to be careful when we make amends. We must think about people’s well being. Can we help heal by being direct with them? Or would it hurt them again? At times, this means not making direct amends. […]
Promise of a new Day <!--090126-->
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? —William Henry Davies— Souls, like animals and plants, need air. Do our lives have enough empty space in them to nourish our spirit? Living in cities, plugged into networks of jobs, friends, and projects, we sometimes neglect our standing-and-staring […]