Keep It Simple <!--042825-->
Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues. —Hugh Prather— Before recovery, we saw only a blurry picture of ourselves, like we were looking through an out-of-focus camera lens. We couldn’t see the good in ourselves because we wouldn’t look close enough. Step Four helps us look more closely. We see […]
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I noticed my hopelessness was because I had lost my freedom of choice. —AA member— By doing a Fourth Step, we start to see ourselves more clearly. We see how we’ve acted against ourselves. Soon, we hear a little voice inside telling us to stop before we act. “Are you sure you want to say […]
Each Day a New Beginnings <!--042725-->
So much to say. And so much not to say! Some things are better left unsaid. But so many unsaid things can become a burden. —Virginia Mae Axline— The occasions are many when we’d like to share a feeling, an observation, perhaps even a criticism with someone. The risk is great, however. She might be […]
Thought For The Day <!--042725-->
By submitting to God, we’re released from the power of liquor. It has no more hold on us. We’re also released from the things that were holding us down: pride, selfishness, and fear. And we’re free to grow into a new life, which is so much better than the old life that there’s no comparison. […]
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All the strong things of her heart came out in her body, that had been so tireless in serving generous emotion. —Willa Cather— We’re always fascinated by beauty, and we see it as the outward sign as goodness. For young children, anything that brings pleasure is good: soft fur, music, colored lights, candy. What a […]
Reflections <!--042725-->
JOYFUL DISCOVERIES We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something […]
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It’s more profitable to turn away thine eyes from such things as displease thee than to be a slave to contention. —Thomas A.Kempis— Focusing our attention incessantly on matters that disturb us, keeps us disturbed. And our obsession with our problems leaves no room for their solutions. However, We are only powerless in the face […]
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The A.A. program is one of submission, release, and action. When we’re drinking, we’re submitting to a power greater than ourselves, liquor. Our own wills are no use against the power of liquor. One drink and we’re sunk. In A.A. we stop submitting to the power of liquor. Instead, we submit to a Power, also […]
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Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold. —Maurice Setter— Silver shines as bright as gold does. So often we forget this. So often we push, push, push. We forget to live for the moment. Trying too hard can be a defect of character. It can be a way we avoid life. […]
Daily Reflections <!--042625-->
HAPPINESS IS NOT THE POINT I don’t think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them and transmit what we have learned to others, if they would receive the knowledge? AS BILL SEES IT, p. 306 In my search “to be happy,” […]