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…goodness cannot adopt the form of blind passions, even in the act of defense and offense, and even when it refuses to tolerate evil… —Benedetto Croce— Willful blindness can’t be good. To shut out any sight from the mind’s eye is to exclude part of life. Any action blindly taken is likely to do unintentional […]
Daily Reflections <!--010326-->
POWERLESS We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: An admission of personal powerlessness over alcohol is a cornerstone of the foundation of recovery. I’ve learned that I do not have the power […]
My Thought For the Day <!--010326-->
🌈 GOOD MORNING Shooting Star…🌠👋…What does Your Surrender look like❓…😶🏳…Is it a few words to Your Higher Power❓ Is it an Understanding within Yourself or for another❓ Is it complete Defeat❓ Is it a Letting go⁉…🤔🗣💬✍📃…We can find SERENITY in Surrendering our will over to our HIGHER POWER, it is what precedes this, that one […]
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🌺 Good Morning Beautiful ❗…🌈🌹💃…Welcome to your day…👋🌄…We can run ourselves ragged trying to please everyone else’s expectations of what we should be doing, thinking or saying⁉️…👥🗣🤦♀️…When in fact, We can turn internally saying,” Enough is enough❗”…Trusting our HIGHER POWER to Do for us what we cannot do for Ourselves❗…🤷♀️/😇🙏=🥰…and get back to Looking for, […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--010226-->
What makes A.A. work? The first thing is to have a revulsion against myself and my way of living. Then I must admit I was helpless, that alcohol had me licked and I couldn’t do anything about it. The next thing is to honestly want to quit the old life. Then I must surrender my […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--010226-->
I believe that true identify is found . . . in creative activity springing from within. It is found, paradoxically, when one loses oneself. A woman can best re-find herself by losing herself in some kind of creative activity of her own. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh… Our creative activity might mean bird watching, tennis, quilting, cooking, […]
Keep it Simple <!--010226-->
…our lives had become unmanageable. —Second half of Step One— The First Step tells us a lot about our addiction. We were out of control. Our addiction was in control. Addiction managed everything. It managed our relationships. It managed how we behaved with our families. As Step One says, “…our lives had become unmanageable.” But […]
Daily Reflections <!--010226-->
FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, […]
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“I AM A MIRACLE” The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 This truly is […]
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🌟 Good morning and welcome to Flight 2026❗…🌈🛩…We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please make sure your Positive Attitude and Gratitude are secured and locked in the upright position❗…🥰⬆️💖…All self-destruct devices: pity, anger, selfishness, pride, and resentment should be turned off at this time. All negativity, hurt, and discouragement should be […]