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Alcoholism isn’t a spectator sport. Eventually the whole family gets to play. —Joyce Rebeta-Burditt— One of the biggest lies addicts can tell themselves is, “I’m not hurting anyone but myself.” This is just another way we don’t see how important we are to others. During our using, love was a burden. When anyone showed love […]
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Old folks—and here I’m talking about myself—need more than anything else to feel they are needed, that they have a purpose in life. —Ruth Youngdahl Nelson— Believing that we count in the lives of others, that others need us and appreciate our contribution in the workplace, the community, and at home is a universal need. […]
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. . . and because willing to make amends to them all.—Second half of Step Eight— We have made our list of persons we’ve harmed. Now we look at how willing we are to make amends. We might find that we aren’t ready and willing to make amends to everyone. Maybe they have wronged us […]
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WE BECOME WILLING. . . . . At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh […]
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Alcoholics Anonymous has no quarrel with medicine, psychiatry, or religion. We have great respect for the methods of each. And we are glad for any success they may have had with alcoholics. We are desirous always of cooperating with them in every way. The more doctors, the more psychiatrists, the more clergy and rabbis we […]
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Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn–Lo, all things can be borne! —Elizabeth Chase Akers— What bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It’s probably that whatever it was, we were obsessed with it, certain that our futures were ruined, that there was no reasonable solution. […]
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The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit, till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff. —Annie Dillard— Our progress today, and certainly our serenity, is enhanced by our willingness to accept all that we are blessed with today. Not only to accept, […]
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LIVING IT The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 83 When new in the program, I couldn’t comprehend living the spiritual aspect of the program, but now that I’m sober, I can’t comprehend living without it. Spirituality was what I had been seeking. God, as I […]
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Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. —Hellen Keller— We can make of our experiences what we choose. We can focus on the traffic snarls while traveling to work, or we can smile because we have a job to go to and a car to carry us there. We can […]
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed . . . —First half of Step Eight— By the time we get to Step Eight, we’re ready to work on our relationships. We start by making a list of all persons we’ve harmed. We look at where we have been at fault. We own our […]