Each Day a New Beginning <!--011126-->
Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. —Jeraldine Sounders— We are one. We are connected, interdependent parts of the whole. We are not separate from each other except in the mind, in our false understanding of […]
Daily Reflections <!--011126-->
THE 100% STEP Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68 Long before I was able to obtain sobriety in A.A., I knew without a doubt that alcohol was killing me, yet even with this […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011126-->
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. —Anne Sullivan— Children are not just the people under ten. We are all children at heart. And in many of the activities that call us we are as uncertain of the steps to take, as unsure of the course of the outcomes as any ten-year-old. No […]
Keep it Simple <!--011126-->
…If there is a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. —Ralph E. Ross— When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative giants in doing […]
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A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you’ve laughed and had some fun. —Catherine Ponder— Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, describes how he cured his fatal illness with laughter. Laughter recharges our entire being; every cell is activated. We come alive, and full vitality restores us […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011026-->
When we were drinking most of us were full of pride and selfishness. We believed we could handle our own affairs, even though we were making a mess of our lives. We were very stubborn and didn’t like to take advice. We resented being told what to do. To us, humility looked like weakness. But […]
Keep it Simple <!--011026-->
I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. —Winston Churchill— We addicts are used to learning the hard way. Many of us think we’re different and can do things our own way. But then we get in too much trouble or pain.The first AA members were just like us. They […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011026-->
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. —Eleanor R. Belmont— The hunger for solitude visits each of us at various points in our development as whole, healthy human beings. It’s in our solitude that we come to know ourselves, to appreciate the many nuances that distinguish us from […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--010926-->
When we were drinking, most of us had no real faith in anything. We may have said that we believe in God, but we didn’t act as though we did. We never honestly asked God to help us and we never really accepted His help. To us, faith looked like helplessness. But when we came […]
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Everything is funny as long as it happening to someone else. —Will Rogers— We laugh when others do something silly. We’re amused when something funny happens to them. But if the same happens to us and people laugh, we might give them the evil eye. Yet, when others laugh, it can free us. It frees […]