Promise of a new Day <!--011226-->
Freedom means choosing your burden. —Hephzibah Menuhin— Everyone of us is haunted by fears of some measure. That we learn through pain and grow beyond our fears we can only appreciate in retrospect. During the moment of painful confrontation or the spell of overwhelming anxiety we learn only that we’re feeling no joy, no peace, […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011226-->
It isn’t sufficient to seek wholeness through men, it never was and it never will be for any woman, married or single. —Patricia O’Brien— Most of us were encouraged from childhood on to “find a husband.” The message, often subtle, was nonetheless there. And many of us did marry. However, no relationship carries a lifetime […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011126-->
When we were drinking, most of us never thought of helping others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helping […]
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Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. —Jeraldine Sounders— We are one. We are connected, interdependent parts of the whole. We are not separate from each other except in the mind, in our false understanding of […]
Daily Reflections <!--011126-->
THE 100% STEP Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68 Long before I was able to obtain sobriety in A.A., I knew without a doubt that alcohol was killing me, yet even with this […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011126-->
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. —Anne Sullivan— Children are not just the people under ten. We are all children at heart. And in many of the activities that call us we are as uncertain of the steps to take, as unsure of the course of the outcomes as any ten-year-old. No […]
Keep it Simple <!--011126-->
…If there is a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. —Ralph E. Ross— When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative giants in doing […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011026-->
A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you’ve laughed and had some fun. —Catherine Ponder— Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, describes how he cured his fatal illness with laughter. Laughter recharges our entire being; every cell is activated. We come alive, and full vitality restores us […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011026-->
When we were drinking most of us were full of pride and selfishness. We believed we could handle our own affairs, even though we were making a mess of our lives. We were very stubborn and didn’t like to take advice. We resented being told what to do. To us, humility looked like weakness. But […]
Keep it Simple <!--011026-->
I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. —Winston Churchill— We addicts are used to learning the hard way. Many of us think we’re different and can do things our own way. But then we get in too much trouble or pain.The first AA members were just like us. They […]