AA Thought for the Day <!--070525-->
Until we came into A.A. most of us had tried desperately to stop drinking. We were filled with the delusion that we could drink like our friends. We tried time and again to take it or leave it, but we could do neither. We always lapsed into ceaseless, unhappy drinking. Families, friends, and employers threw […]
Keep it Simple <!--070525-->
If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average. —Ovid— Our program speaks of spiritual progress, not perfection. We can take all the time we need. Our bottom line is steady progress. We can ask ourselves, “Am I a little more spiritual than I was a year ago? A month ago?” If the answer […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--070525-->
There are really only two ways to approach life–as victim or as gallant fighter–and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don’t decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you. —Merle Shain— Being the victim […]
Daily Reflections <!--070525-->
A NEW DIRECTION Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. . . Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.45,85 I hear talk of the “weak-willed” alcoholic, but I am one of the strongest-willed people […]
My Thought for the Day <!--070525-->
💐 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 <!--070425-->
I have a dream. —Martin Luther King Jr. — During our addiction, maybe we dreamed of joy and laughter with our family—only to find tears and anger. Maybe we dreamed of respect at our job—only to be fired. Our dreams began to feel like burdens. We had lost hope. With recovery, the hope starts to […]
My Thought for the Day <!--070425-->
🌈 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 […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--070425-->
In Alcoholics Anonymous there is no thought of individual profit. No greed or gain. No membership fees, no dues. Only voluntary contributions of our money and ourselves. All that we hope for is sobriety and regeneration, so that we can live normal, respectable lives and can be recognized by others as men and women willing […]
Daily Reflections <!--070425-->
A NATURAL FAITH . . . deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that […]
Promise of a new Day <!--070425-->
I also had nightmares. Somehow all the feelings I didn’t feel when each thing had actually happened to me I did feel when I slept. —Andrea Dworkin— Dreams are messages that we send ourselves about things in our lives that bind deep feelings. Often we find ourselves dreaming scenes from our daily life, ordinary situations […]