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EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 87 Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able […]
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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose. —Agnes Varda— Laughter can cure a physical condition; it can and will positively affect an emotional illness as well. Laughter ushers in a new perspective which gives vent to […]
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I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. —Albert Einstein— None of us know anything for sure about the future. We don’t know if we’ll be sober tomorrow. But we can be sure of this moment. We get sober by moments. Our sober moments then stretch into hours, day, and years Our program […]
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THE HEART OF TRUE SOBRIETY We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 570 Am I honest enough to accept myself as I am and let this be the “me” that I let […]
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In the association with members of the A.A. group to which we belong, we have the advantage of sincere friendship and understanding of the other members who, through social and personal contact, take us away from our old haunts and environments and help to remove in large measure the occasions of alcoholic suggestion. We find […]
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When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach. —Mary Elizabeth Braddon— Intimacy is a bonding agent that softens our exteriors while it hushes the inner rumblings and creates a need for itself. None of us is spared that need. Having at least one other with […]
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It’s quite uncomfortable to be an adolescent at age thirty-two. —Peggy Cahn— Our lives are a process every moment, which means change is ever-present. As new information is sorted and acquired, old habits are discarded. We don’t let go of some old behaviors easily, however. They are like uncomfortable shoes. They may be worn thin, […]
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Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. —Step Seven— In Step Six, we got ready to give up our shortcomings. In Step Seven, we ask God to remove them. There is one catch. We humbly as God to remove them. Being humble means we remember who we are: human beings who need God’s help. Being […]
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THE BEST FOR TODAY The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not […]
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A Feather… might accomplish it …or a Trifle done in the right Spirit… —Djuna Barnes— Sometimes it seems as though a decision truly hangs in the balance, with such equal values on both sides that the weight of a feather might tip either way. ” I was that close to saying no—or yes—“we say, holding […]