Promise of a new Day <!--032026-->
…you must remember that an arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. —Abigail Adams— Sway is built into tall buildings so they won’t break. Rigid structures are never as strong as flexible ones. The strongest minds are also the most nimble, the most ready to change […]
Keep it Simple <!--032026-->
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you. —Dale Carnegie— We wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others. Well, stand aside, addiction! The […]
Daily Reflections <!--032026-->
LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others in our code. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 I have found that I have to forgive others in all situations to maintain any real spiritual progress. The vital importance of forgiving may not be obvious to me at first sight, but my studies tell me that every great […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--032026-->
There’s a period of life where we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. —Pearl Bailey— For too many of us, feelings of shame, even self-hatred, are paramount. No one of us has a fully untarnished past. Every man, every woman, even every child experiences regret over some action. […]
My Thought for the Day <!--032026-->
💖 Hello Sunshine and WELCOME to your Day❗…🌞🤗…When we return to the old thinking and behaviors for quick solutions, things tend not to work out very well…🧠🗣🤦♀️😕…We can be left feeling over-whelmed with guilt, depressed, owing an APOLOGY to OURSELVES or OTHERS…😳😭🤝…But when we make the DECISION to do things different and come up to […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--031926-->
When we were drinking, we used to be ashamed of the past. Remorse is terrible mental punishment: ashamed of ourselves for the things we’ve said and done, afraid to face people because of what they might think of us, afraid of the consequences of what we did when we were drunk. In A.A. we forget […]
My Thought for the Day <!--031926-->
🌺Good Morning Beautiful, Creatively Loving Friend ❗❗🎨💃💗 …We can start the day out with so many opportunities to share our Love and Joy…💝😍 … But the wrong word or look from that specific person…🗣😵 and all that we allow, can send our minds off into a frenzy of “WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU […]
Keep it Simple <!--031926-->
Speak when you’re angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret. —Lawrence J. Peter— When we used alcohol or other drugs, most of us were hotheads. We thought we were right. If we were proven wrong, we may have made life hell for everyone. People knew enough to stay away from us. In […]
Promise of a new Day <!--031926-->
We are apt to call barbarous whatever departs widely from our own taste and apprehension. But soon [we] find the epithet of reproach retorted on us. —David Hume— Judging others is a hazardous game that’s likely to backfire. Labeling others is a form of judgment. It’s a way of sticking people into pigeonholes and saving […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--031926-->
I realized a long time ago that a belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all. —Evelyn Scott— …From pillar to post we bounced, most of us not knowing what we actually believed about nearly any situation before getting to this program. Perhaps we believed what was […]