Each day a new Beginning <!--111425-->
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. —Kathleen Casey Theisen— How awesome is our power, personally, to choose our attitudes and our responses to any situation, to every situation. We will feel only how we choose to feel, no matter the circumstance. Happiness is as free an option as sorrow. Perceiving our challenges as opportunities for […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111325-->
God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. —Aechylus— “Decent means appropriate, proper, becoming. Decency of mind means to think appropriate thoughts, to respond properly to events and people, neither exaggerating nor trivializing their importance. What a consolation it must be to have a mind always in balance, always ready to dwell on […]
Daily Reflections <!--111325-->
LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfishness to run rampant […]
Keep it Simple <!--111325-->
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. —Anonymous— We addicts often learn things the hard way. In the past, we found it very hard to take advice from anyone. It’s still hard to take advice, but it’s getting easier every day. We know now that we […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111325-->
Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes a man could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to […]
My Thought for the Day <!--111325-->
Welcome to your morning Strong Resilient Beautiful Woman…💪👸🌴…We can sometimes find ourselves Living in Paralyzing FEAR of situations that are ONLY Happening, in our OWN Minds…😱😭🧠…This, If we can Only realize is, “The Boogeyman❗”…👹👤👻…Our minds in full “Alcoholic thinking❗” How do we Know this❓ Because, We are conjuring up in our minds, the Scenario of […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111325-->
My Declaration of Self-Esteem: I am me. In all the world there is no one else exactly like me. There are persons who have some parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it. —Virginia Satir— Feeling special, […]
Daily Reflections <!--111225-->
MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God’s will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific […]
My Thought For The Day <!--111225-->
💖Hello to You my Resilient and Strong Loving FRIEND❗❗❗…🙋🌴👩❤️👩…What a Remarkable morning to Be ALIVE ❗❗❗…🤗💗💃…Sometimes, ” We can be so afraid to LIVE❗”…😱🤨⚰…We are standing at a staircase that has only 12 STEPS. We are asked to take these steps to BETTER our lives, and learning to live a life that will ROCKET us […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111225-->
I am less critical of other people, inside and outside of A.A. I used to run people down all the time. I realize now that it was because I wanted unconsciously to build myself up. I was envious of people who lived normal lives. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t be like them. And so […]