Thought For The Day <!--041525-->
Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We never will know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: “That couldn’t happen to me.” But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk enough. But fear of these […]
Keep It Simple <!--041525-->
That day is lost on which one has not laughed. —French proverb— For a long time, we didn’t really laugh. It’s surprising when we think about it: We hadn’t really laughed for so long . . . we almost forgot how good we could feel. It feels so good to laugh again! Now our spirits […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041525-->
Promises that you make yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree—they bare no fruit. —Frances Marion— Promises are merely empty words if they aren’t backed up by action. And action is generally preceded first by deliberate resolve, then verbalized commitment (often to someone besides ourselves), and finally, a carefully laid out plan of steps […]
Daily Reflections <!--041525-->
THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS . . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, “Anger is a luxury I cannot afford.” Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned […]
Each Day a New Beginnings <!--041525-->
It seems to me that I have always been waiting for something better – sometimes to see the best I had snatched from me. —Dorothy Reed Mendenhall— Gratitude for what is prepares us for the blessings just around the corner. What is so necessary to understand is that our wait for what’s around the corner […]
Daily Reflections <!--041425-->
THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER” Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is […]
Thought For The Day <!--041425-->
A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in each case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went out and […]
Keep It Simple <!--041425-->
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today. —Hugh Prather— Even in recovery, we addicts often feel we are not enough. Maybe it’s leftover shame from our using days. But we are enough. We are of great value. We all need each other to stay sober. Each of us needs other recovering […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041425-->
We must build paradigms of science itself. —Steven Rose and Hilary Rose— Science itself is not to be feared. We fear what science is capable of—just as we fear what human beings are capable of, when they act on their violent feelings, without control or choice. Science is a powerful tool of the human mind, […]
Each Day a New Beginnings<!--041425-->
Only those who dare, truly live. —Ruth P. Freedman— We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be heightened. When we risk […]