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KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing. . . . THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 240 A sober alcoholic finds it much easier to be optimistic about life. Optimism is the natural result of my finding myself gradually able […]
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I have faith. That thing that makes the world seem right. That thing that makes sense at last. That awareness of the Divine Principle in the universe which holds it all together and gives it unity and purpose and goodness and meaning. Life is no longer ashes in my mouth or bitter to the taste. […]
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Sought through pray and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him. . . —First half of Step Eleven— Through Step Eleven, we develop a lasting, loving relationship with our Higher Power. Conscious contact means knowing and sensing God in our lives throughout the day. God is not just an idea. […]
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For to be a woman is to have interests and duties, raying out in all directions from the central mother-core, like spokes from the hub of a wheel. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— It is sometimes easy to get overwhelmed by our duties, forgetting that our interests fit the scheme of our lives. They are inspired by […]
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I have hope. That magic thing that I had lost or misplaced. The future looks dark no more. I do not even look at it, except when necessary to make plans. I try to let the future take care of itself. The future will be made up of today’s and today’s, stretching out as short […]
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I CANNOT CHANGE THE WIND It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 My first sponsor told me there were two things to say about prayer and meditation: […]
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Order is a loving thing; On disarray it lays it’s wing, Teaching simplicity to sing. —Anna Hempstead Branch— Things and events have their own order. It’s human to want to impose order from the outside—our order; but often, our attempt to put things in order resembles the old man who tried to push the river. […]
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It’s a simple formula; do your best and somebody might like it. —Dorothy Baker— We’re never guaranteed success by others’ standards. However, if we do our best according to the standards we think God has in mind, we’ll be successful. And from God we’ll always receive unconditional love and acceptance. In the past many of […]
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AVOIDING CONTROVERSY All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy. Others fell apart because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to enforce upon the rest of mankind some millennium of their own specification. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 176 As […]
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Adventure is something you seek for pleasure… but experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. —Katherine Anne Porter— In our search for new thrills, for unfamiliar ventures, we will become privy to situations and experiences designed for our personal growth.Our desires to chart new courses, […]