AA Thought for the Day <!--021826-->
After I became an alcoholic, alcohol poisoned my love for my family and friends, it poisoned my ambition, it poisoned my self-respect. It poisoned my whole life, until I met A.A. My life is happier now than it has been for a long time. I don’t want to commit suicide. So with the help of […]
Promise of a new Day <!--021826-->
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. —Abraham Maslow— When we can take a long view of our problems, we can sometimes see that we’re using inappropriate tools to try to solve them. What’s necessary for us to do is to move away, to […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--021726-->
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay “in kind” somewhere else in life. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— Life is a series of payments. The common expression, “What goes around, comes around,” is a truth that governs each of our lives. As women and as members of the human family, we have received untold […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--021726-->
Alcohol is poison to the alcoholic. Poison is not too strong a word, because alcoholism leads eventually to the death of the alcoholic. It may be a quick death or a slow death. When we go by package stores and see various kinds of liquor all dressed up in fancy packages to make it look […]
Daily Reflections <!--021726-->
THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won’t believe in God, others can’t, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship […]
Keep it Simple <!--021726-->
. . . no one who learns to know himself remains just what he was before —Thomas Mann— Deep inside, we all know that we’re changing. It started when we took Step One. We learned and accepted something new about ourselves. That changed us, just a little. We no longer wanted to live as addicts. […]
Promise of a new Day <!--021726-->
…concerns should drive us into action and not into depression. —Karen Horney— If a situation in our lives causes concern, be it mild disgruntlement or serious frustration, we should understand that our concern indicates that we need to act, responsibly. Events that attract our attention need our action. Our actions can take many forms. Occasionally […]
Promise of a new Day <!--021626-->
You can’t cross a chasm in two steps. —Rashi Fein— When a small child hides her eyes, she means, You can’t see me. ” We sophisticated grownups sometimes have trouble getting rid of magic thinking. We tear petals from daisies, one by one; we tell ourselves that anything we eat standing up has no calories. […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--021626-->
Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh… Our dreams beckon us to new heights. All that we may need is the courage to move toward them, taking the necessary steps to realize those dreams. Trusting that we will be shown the steps, one at a time, patiently waiting for the […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--021626-->
One drink started a train of thought that became an obsession, and from then on, we couldn’t stop drinking. We developed a mental compulsion to keep drinking until we got good and drunk. People generally make two mistakes about alcoholism. One mistake is that it can be cured by physical treatment only. The other mistake […]