Daily Reflections <!--111725-->
OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn’t quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less and less […]
My Thought for the Day <!--111725-->
🌹 Good morning Precious Smiling Heart❗…😁💝…When we find OURSELVES, We lose our misery…☹/👩❤️… Love is Added, and our Spirits can GROW!!!…💖=👼… Each step along the way Is placed by our HIGHER POWER for our benefits and Growth…🌈🕊… Sometimes, the Journey is tough on us, and is meant to STRENGTHEN us for new things to come…💪🎇🌄…But […]
Keep it Simple <!--111725-->
Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. —Herman Melville— We have hung on in hard times. We made it through our addiction. Some of us have lived through abuse. We’ve felt like our hearts were broken. But we’ve proven we are […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111625-->
I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things that I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when […]
My Thought for the Day <!--111625-->
🌈 Good morning Beautiful Woman❗ 🌞💃👋… Many of us only see the negatives about ourselves and spend our lives in the Boxing ring beating ourselves up, as well as those around Us…👨👩👧👦🤛😈… When Really, we are Diamonds in the ruff, being cut and Polished by our HIGHER POWER❗…💍⛏✨… This Process can be painful and uncomfortable. […]
Keep it Simple <!--111625-->
Pray for powers equal to your task. —Phillips Brooks— Our task is to stay sober and to help others who still suffer from addiction. We will need patience and understanding. We will need much love. Most of all, we’ll need to work a strong program. Pray that you come to know the Steps well. Pray […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111625-->
Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential. —Liane Cordes— Perseverance is the plus that assures us of goal completion. Unquestionably, every one of us is capable of achievement. All that’s required is that we commit ourselves with determination to the task before us, one moment at a time, one day at a […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111625-->
Rigidity is prevented most of the time as love and compassion mesh us into tolerant human beings. —Kaethe S. Crawford— Looking outward with love, offering it freely to our friends and family, makes fluid, flowing, and fertile our existence. Each expression of love engenders more love, keeping tender our ties to one another, encouraging more […]
Daily Reflections <!--111625-->
A DAILY REPRIEVE What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. It’s staying in good shape spiritually, and that requires prayer and meditation. The single most […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111525-->
I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so seriously. It didn’t use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our drinking was because […]