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When the morning sun comes up on a nice bright day and we jump out of bed, we’re thankful to God that we feel well and happy instead of sick and disgusted. Serenity and happiness have become much more important to us than the excitement of drinking, which lifts us up for a short while, […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--020826-->
Reaction isn’t action–that is, it isn’t truly creative. —Elizabeth Janeway— We must learn how to act rather than react. Unfortunately, we’ve had lots of training at reacting. And we’re all such good imitators. We are a society of reactors. We let the good or the bad behavior of another person determine our own behavior as […]
Keep it Simple <!--020826-->
You must find the ideas that have some promise in them…it’s not enough to just have ideas. —George E. Woodberry… Each day we’re flooded with ideas. Everyone seems to have found the truth, and now they want to share it. We may feel loaded down with all these ideas. Who and what do we believe? […]
Daily Reflections <!--020826-->
CONVINCING “MR. HYDE” Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That’s the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it’s a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious–from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream–be brought into line […]
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He who angers you, conquers you! —Elizabeth Kenny… It’s by choice that we let others control our emotions. When we make that choice we have abdicated our personal responsibility for growth. Deciding to feel how we truly want to feel rather than giving someone else control is freeing, exhilarating, and nourishing. When we let someone […]
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I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. —Helen Keller… None of us ever wanted to be addicts. It’s not what we would choose to be— just as no one would choose to blind and deaf. Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, told of […]
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A PATH TO FAITH True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My last drunk had landed me in the hospital, totally broken. It […]
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A night club crowded with men and women all dressed up in evening clothes looks like a very festive place. But you should see the rest rooms of that night club the next morning. What a mess! People have been sick all over the place and does it smell! The glamour of the night before […]
Promise of a new Day <!--020726-->
With history piling up so fast, almost every day is the anniversary of something awful. —Joe Brainard… “History” is mostly a record of awful events—war, famine, conspiracy, oppression, betrayal. But surely, every day is equally the anniversary of something wonderful. It’s all in how you look at it. Perhaps a calendar of wonderful anniversaries would […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--020726-->
However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole. —Muriel Rukeyser… We can expect to feel fear, even dread at some points in our lives. We will always have situations that, for a […]