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A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn’t belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that […]
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We can depend on those members of any group who have gone all out for the program. They come to meetings. They work with other alcoholics. We don’t have to worry about their slipping. They’re loyal members of the group. I’m trying to be a loyal member of the group. When I’m tempted to take […]
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Bad moments, like good ones, tend to be grouped together. —Edna O’Brien… Rough times may be pouring in on us at the moment, and they may seem unending. Difficulties appear to attract more difficulties, problems with loved ones, problems at work, problems with our appearance. A negative attitude, something that we all struggle with at […]
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There are many ways to live and grow as there are people. Our own ways are the only ways that should matter to us. —Evelyn Mandel— Letting other people grow, develop, live their own experiences as they must takes courage and acceptance of the knowledge that our responsibility in this life is to our own […]
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To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly— The steps we are taking today will never […]
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One thing that keeps me sober is a feeling of loyalty to the other members of the group. I know I’d be letting them down if I ever took a drink. When I was drinking, I wasn’t loyal to anybody. I should have been loyal to my family, but I wasn’t. I let them down […]
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. —Andrew Carnegie— Doing something with our lives, not just talking about it, is important. When we were sick with our addiction, what we did was drink or use other drugs. We only talked about what we wanted […]
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FREE AT LAST Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility – a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE […]
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🌈 Good Morning to you Precious Light in this World…🤗🔦🌎…We are here to help one another by Supporting and uplifting each other through a gift of love that come from a kind word or gesture, a Smile or a silence…👭🗣🤐…Our lives are interwoven by a lot of fear and impulsive thinking about ourselves, and that […]
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EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING “To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life, and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.” —Flannery O’Connor Having too high expectations is a set-up for disappointment. Expectations that are high lend themselves to a fantasy life, and reality can never match our fantasies. When […]