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HUMILITY IS A GIFT, p.203 As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God’s will, was missing. 12 & 12, p.72 When I first came to A.A., I wanted to find some […]
Keep it Simple <!--071226-->
Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed. —Irene Peter— Our life changed a lot when we stopped drinking and using other drugs. But this is only a start. We need to go further. Our old attitudes can kill us, even if we aren’t drinking or drugging any more. This is called a […]
Promise of a new Day <!--071226-->
…he yearned to package for each of the children, the grandchildren, for everyone, the joyous certainty, that sense of mattering, of moving and being moved, of being one and indivisible with the great of the past, with all that freed, ennobled. —Tillie Olsen— In childhood we glimpse the dear connectedness of life. The delicious that […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--071226-->
… those interested in perpetuating present conditions are always in tears about the marvelous past that is about to disappear, without having so much as a smile for the young future. —Simone de Beauvoir— Hanging on to any moment, once it’s gone, deadens us to the joys and lessons of the present. We must learn […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--071226-->
Today is ours. Let us live today as we believe God wants us to live. Each day will have a new pattern which we cannot foresee. But we can open each day with a quiet period in which we say a little prayer, asking God to help us through the day. Personal contact with God, […]
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GIVING UP CENTER STAGE, p.202 For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. . . Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency. 12 & 12, p.70 Why do I balk at the word “humility”? […]
My Thought for the Day <!--071226-->
💐 Good Morning Beautiful Shining Light in this world ❗…👸💝…Hope you woke with a Smile on Your heart …🌟🤗💖…For we are here on this Journey together, helping each other One Day at a Time❗ …👩❤️👩😊…But there will come moments in our Day where some Person, Place, Thing, or Situation may arise, and we are tempted […]
Keep it Simple <!--071126-->
If you would be loved, love and be lovable. —Benjamin Franklin— We all want to be loved. and no matter how much we’re loved, we always want more. How can we be lovable? What does the mean? Should we try to be perfect? Should we act cute and helpless? No, being lovable means that we […]
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A TURNING POINT A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have. 12 & 12, p.75 Either the A.A. way of life becomes one of joy or I return to the darkness and despair of alcoholism. Joy comes to […]
My Thought for the Day <!--071126-->
🌈 Hello Sunshine❗…🌞🙋…What a wonderful day We have awaken too❗…🌎💃…We are here to SHINE, when the sun isn’t…it helps us to appreciate when we can shine through our ATTITUDES, our LOVE and our PROGRAM❗…💖🌟📖…So we can keep our boundaries, and not let People, Places, Things or Situations push those Buttons that we are learning to […]