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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible . . . —First half of Step Nine— In our illness, we harmed people. In Step Nine, we are to make amends. Making amends is about asking people we have harmed what we need to do to set things right. But making amends is more than saying, […]
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One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. —Eleanor Roosevelt— We’re going to have tough times. Maybe we don’t get a pay raise. Maybe we get fired. Whatever happens, don’t use alcohol or other drugs. Whatever happens, keep working the program. Our program will never turn its back on us. When tough […]
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Love is something if you give away, you end up having more. —Malvina Reynolds— Service is how we give love away. It’s the “self” of self-help. Service is not a duty; a gift that’s been given to us. We help ourselves by helping others. It’s how we make sure the program will be here tomorrow. […]
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This day I choose to spend in perfect peace. —A Course in Miracles— Today, let’s be gentle and kind. Lets talk to ourselves with love and respect. Let’s be gentle with others too. Today, let’s be clear in how we think, speak, and act. And if we start to get mixed up, let’s stop thinking […]
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Things do not change, we do. —Henry David Thoreau— There are still as many bars as there were when we were drinking. There are still lots of drugs around. The world hasn’t changed. What’s changed is that we now live a different way of life. We’ve learned that, for us, alcohol and other drugs are […]
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THINK —Alcoholics Anonymous slogan— Now that we’re recovering, our minds are free. We can think. When we are faced with problems or choices, we can do this: Ask, “What is the problem?” Make a list of what we can do to work on the problem. Decide which of the actions on our list might work. […]
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In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. —Friedrick Nietzsche— All of us have a child inside. We may see that child as a friend or as a enemy. Many of us were taught that growing up meant doing away with our inner child. It was as if being a child […]
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. —Oscar Wilde— There’s a big difference between being self-centered and having self love. We’re self-centered when we think we don’t need people. We might think, “I’m more important than others.” Being self-centered ends up hurting us. It makes us lonely. It keeps us from our […]
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Where there is no vision, a people perish.—Ralph Waldo Emerson—
Working our program teaches us to see things more clearly. We learn to look at who we really are. At first, we’re scared to see ourselves. But it turns out okay, even though were not perfect.
We also begin to see others more clearly. We see good in people we don’t like. And we see faults in people we thought we’re prefect. But we don’t judge people anymore. Nobody is perfect. Just as our program friends accept us as we are, we learn to accept others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, sometimes I don’t like what I see. Help me to believe Your way will for me. Help me have a vision.
Action for the Day: I will use my new way of seeing thing to avoid trouble today.
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It’s a rare person who wants to hear what we doesn’t want to hear. —Dick Cavett— We want only to hear good thins. That we’re nice people. That our loved ones are healthy. That we did a good job. We don’t want to hear that anyone is angry with us, or that we made a […]