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Beauty is not caused. It is. — Emily Dickinson— Probably, there have been many times when we thought we weren’t beautiful. We thought we were ugly. We thought we were bad people. This is a natural part of addiction. Our program tells us we’re good, we’re beautiful. Do we believe this? Do we accept this […]
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Heaven and hell is right now. . .You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions. —George Harrison— We used chemicals to feel better, but we started feeling worse. We were out of control. Life seemed like hell. Now we have a program that tells us how to make life better. Some […]
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The future is made of the same stuff as the present. — Simone Weil— We found we didn’t need magic to recover—we needed a miracle! Now we are walking miracles. Part of our miracle is that we see how important today is. We can’t change our future unless we change today. So we live One […]
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The Master doesn’t talk, she acts. When her work is done, the people say, “Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!” Our Higher Power works like the Master. Quietly. In fact, we usually take the credit ourselves! We’re like the child who bakes cookies for the first time. Mother found the recipe, bought the ingredients, […]
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Words that do not match deeds are not important. —-Ernesto Ch’e Guevara— What we do can be much more important than what we say. We tend to talk about things we want to do. We need to also be people who do things we talk about. We are not spiritual people unless our actions are […]
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.—Benjamin Spock— In recovery, we each rebel against our disease. Each day we fight for the freedom to stay close to our Higher Power, friends and family. It’s mainly a quiet battle. It’s fought daily. We fight and win by acting in a spiritual way. We […]
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We know what we are, but know not what we may be. —Shakespeare— We are addicts. We suffer from an illness. We go to Twelve Step meetings because we know who we are. We have a sponsor because we know who we are. We ask friends for support because we know who we are. We […]
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The best side of a saloon is outside. —Anonymous— We need to stay away from places where we used to drink or use other drugs. Sometimes we need to stay away from our old using friends. But some days it’s hard to stay away. We remember the fun times. Or we want a quick fix […]
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Once it[a spoken word] flies out, you can’t catch it. —Russian proverb— We’ve said many mean words. Our words often hurt the people we love. We can never really take back the words. But we’re learning now to speak with care . We know the words have a lot of power. What do we say […]
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Fairness is what justice really is. —The last Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart— Some of us get hung up on what’s fair. We might feel, because we’ve worked hard to stay sober, we should be rewarded. We might keep score of what we get and what others get. And we complain if it’s “not fair.” […]