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Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. —Agnes Meyer— A tree’s roots seek water and minerals. Though the roots can’t be seen easily seen, they are there. The life of the tree depends on them. The stronger a tree’s roots, the higher a tree can grow. We need to set deep roots into the […]
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Life is only this place, this time, and these people right here and now. —Vincent Collins— Staying in the present can be hard. This busy world pulls our focus from the present. We often wonder if the future will bring good times or bad times. Life is right before us. Look around. Life is happening—now! […]
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We cannot solve life’s problems except by solving them. —M. Scott Peck— Before getting into the program, we ran from problems at all costs. As time went on, we had more problems. As our problems grew, we became afraid of life. The program—the Twelve Steps—teaches us how to face and solve our problem. We stop […]
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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown. —Hugh Prather— Everyone makes mistakes. We all know that. So why is it so hard to admit out own? We seem to think we have to be prefect. We have a hard time looking at our mistakes. But our mistakes can be very good teachers. […]
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Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. —Eleanor Roosevelt— Most of us want to be happy. We just don’t know how. We aren’t sure what happiness is. We’ve learned the hard way that some things we wanted didn’t make us happy. We’re learning that happiness comes when we live the way our Higher […]
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We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. —-Step Six— Character defects include being stubborn, feeling self-pity, and wanting to always be in control. We must be ready to give up these defects, or they will hurt us. Being ready is our part of Step Six. Our Higher Power will remove […]
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You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. —Ethel Barrymore— There was a time when we wouldn’t let anyone laugh at us—even ourselves. We had to much shame. We had to much pain. We took the world too seriously. If we laughed it was at others—not at ourselves. Over time, […]
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One Day at a Time—AA program slogan— One Day at a Time reminds us to live in a sane, natural way. It reminds us we can’t control the past. It reminds us we can’t control the future. We can live only in the present. We have only the moment. We have only today. Before recovery, […]
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The more one judges the less on love. —Balzac— At times we need to make judgments about people’s behavior. We stand back and look at how their lives affect our sobriety. We have to do this to choose people whose relationships will be good for us. We have to do this before we trust someone […]
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Keep it Simple… Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. —Johann Fredrich Von Schiller— As we grow in recovery, we’ll need to change our behaviors, values, and beliefs to stay sane. This take courage. Courage is doing what is needed in spite of fear. Courage means facing what we can’t change. We can’t change the […]