Keep it Simple <!--031726-->
Skill to do comes of doing. —Ralph Waldo Emerson— Often, we just want to sit and do nothing. And why not. We go to meetings, work the Twelve Steps, read, make new friends. All this takes energy and means taking risk. Haven’t we earned the right to just sit and take it a break from […]
Promise of a new Day <!--031726-->
Every outlook, desirable or undesirable, remains possible for anyone, no matter what his present outlook is. —Dr. George Weinberg— The attitude with which we greet the day, approach a situation, or respond to a friend or co-worker is fully within our control. We exercise absolute control over little in our lives, but our attitudes represent […]
Daily Reflections <!--031726-->
MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does “move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform.” TWELVE […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--031626-->
True intimacy with another human being can only be experienced when you have found true peace within yourself. —Angela L. Wozniak— Intimacy means disclosure–full expression of ourselves to another person. Nothing held back. All bared. There are risks, of course: rejection, criticism, perhaps ridicule. But the comfort we feel within is directly proportional to the […]
Promise of a new Day <!--031626-->
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh— Our dreams invite us to broaden our horizons to reach beyond our present goals. They are much more than whims. They are probably calling us to those opportunities for which our talents have been readied. Most of us need this encouragement to attempt […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--031626-->
Before we decide to quit drinking, most of us have come up against a blank wall. We see that we’re licked, that we have to quit. But we don’t know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. A.A. opens the door that leads to sobriety. By […]
Daily Reflections <!--031626-->
AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . “Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?” That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was […]
My Thought for the Day <!--031626-->
💝Rise and Shine Beautiful, Strong and Creative Woman❗…🙋💪💃…Life is Zipping by at such a rapped pace…⏰📅… that we turn our heads and the week or month is over❓…🤦…🤷😳🤪…So before we can do it all over again, maybe we can check-in with ourselves…🤔💁…By asking ourselves,”Am I Being TRUE to Myself ❓”…”Am I saying No when I […]
Keep it Simple <!--031626-->
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. —Oscar Wilde… We all change, we learn, and change, and grow. We once made alcohol or other drugs our Higher Power. Perhaps we had other higher powers too—like money, gambling, food, or sex. But, it’s never too late to be in touch with a […]
Daily Reflections <!--031526-->
THE GOD IDEA When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped […]