Keep it Simple <!--060226-->
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. —Eleanor Roosevelt— Most of us want to be happy. We just don’t know how. We aren’t sure what happiness is. We’ve learned the hard way that some things we wanted didn’t make us happy. We’re learning that happiness comes when we live the way our Higher […]
Promise of a New Day<!--060226-->
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. —Thomas Carlyle— First things first. How much more simply life could evolve if we’d but focus our attention on the obvious situation confronting us, looking always for our direction from within the situation’s elements. […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--060226-->
Some more things I do not miss since becoming dry: wondering if the car is in the garage and how I got home; struggling to remember where I was and what I did since my last conscious moment; trying to delay getting off to work, and wondering how I will look when I get there; […]
My Thought for the Day <!--060226-->
🌞Rise and Shine Wonderful Gift to this world ❗🎁🎀🌍 Are We Really holding Ourselves accountable and taking responsibility for the ACTION NEEDED in Our PROGRAMS ❓…🎬😯😬…Or are we just doing enough to barely get by, 🤨🙄… For left to our own ideals and thoughts… 😏🤪… We could be in isolation, taking HOSTAGES, or getting caught […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--060226-->
I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me. —Angela L. Wozniak— We create problems for ourselves because we think we need to be more than we are. We fear that we are inadequate to the task before us, fear that another woman is more […]
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We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. —-Step Six— Character defects include being stubborn, feeling self-pity, and wanting to always be in control. We must be ready to give up these defects, or they will hurt us. Being ready is our part of Step Six. Our Higher Power will remove […]
Daily Reflections <!--060126-->
A CHANGED OUTLOOK Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When I was drinking, my attitude was totally selfish, totally self-centered; my pleasure and my comfort came first. Now that I am sober, self-seeking has started to slip away. My whole attitude toward life and other people is changing. […]
Promise of a New Day<!--060126-->
The tail of the kite, it is true, seems to negate the kite’s function: it weights down something made to rise… —Cleanth Brooks— Without its tail, the kite would fly off in the lightest breeze. The tail serves as a rudder, to steady the kite and allow it to be directed. Every force needs a […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--060126-->
Some things I do not miss since becoming dry: that overall awful feeling physically, including the shakes, a splitting headache, pains in my arms and legs, bleary eyes, fluttering stomach, droopy shoulders, weak knees, a three-day beard, and a flushed complexion. Also, facing my loved one at breakfast. Also, composing the alibi and sticking to […]
My Thought for the Day <!--060126-->
🌺 Good Morning to you, Beautiful Woman of this World❗…🌎💃… We are Miracles to be clean and Sober this wonderful morning…🤗😁🎉…We have been given a GIFT and we have to give it away keep it…🎁👼…0ur Higher Power is here for the asking, waiting to shut down the Committee when it starts its session in our […]