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I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming . . . This all sounds very strenuous and serious. But now that I have wrestled with it, it’s no longer so. I feel happy–deep down. All is well. —Katherine Mansfield— All is well. In the […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011326-->
Our reality is influenced by our notions about reality, regardless of the nature of those notions. —Joseph Chilton Pearce— How we greet today will color the returns of this day. Further, our expectations will be manifest, which means we have the personal power to determine the course our minds and thus our actions will take. […]
Daily Reflections <!--011326-->
IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT… We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition… ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85… The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: “If I just don’t drink, everything will be all right.” Once the fog cleared for me, I […]
Keep it Simple <!--011326-->
The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition. —Malcoln X— Now we know what the problem is. Now we can do something about it. The truth of our problem is, we can’t handle alcohol or other drugs. They handle us. They control us. The Steps ask us to face […]
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ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering […]
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Remember always that you have not only the right to be individual, you have an obligation to be one. —Eleamnor Roosevelt— When we were using alcohol and other drugs, we often thought that we were different from others. We secretly thought that no one could understand us. Maybe we tried to be one of the […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011226-->
The longer we’re in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. Our old drinking lives were a very unnatural way of living. Our present sober lives are the most natural way we could possibly live. During the early years of our drinking, our lives weren’t so different from the lives of a lot […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011226-->
Freedom means choosing your burden. —Hephzibah Menuhin— Everyone of us is haunted by fears of some measure. That we learn through pain and grow beyond our fears we can only appreciate in retrospect. During the moment of painful confrontation or the spell of overwhelming anxiety we learn only that we’re feeling no joy, no peace, […]
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It isn’t sufficient to seek wholeness through men, it never was and it never will be for any woman, married or single. —Patricia O’Brien— Most of us were encouraged from childhood on to “find a husband.” The message, often subtle, was nonetheless there. And many of us did marry. However, no relationship carries a lifetime […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011126-->
When we were drinking, most of us never thought of helping others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helping […]