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GOING WITH THE FLOW Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him. . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 The first words I speak when arising in the morning are, “I arise, O God, to do Thy will.” This is the shortest prayer I know and […]
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Of course fortune has its part in human affairs, but conduct is really much more important. —Jeanne Detourbey— Behaving the way we honestly and sincerely believe God wants us to behave eliminates our confusion. When we contribute in a loving manner to the circumstances involving us, we carry God’s message; and that’s all that’s expected […]
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The nature of consciousness is to flow. It seems ever changing. States of mind succeed one another… We can direct consciousness to an idea or impulse, but we cannot lock it in place. —Dr. George Weinberg— Our minds are marvelous, always moving, growing, absorbing, discarding, storing. And we are in control of the direction our […]
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🌺 Good Morning to you, Beautiful Woman of this World❗…🌎💃… We are Miracles to be clean and Sober this wonderful morning…🤗😁🎉…We have been given a GIFT and we have to give it away keep it…🎁👼…0ur Higher Power is here for the asking, waiting to shut down the Committee when it starts its session in our […]
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That suit is best that best suits me. —John Clark— How much time do we spend trying to “fit in”? Many of us used to care to much what other people thought about us—our clothes, our ideas, our work. Did we drink the right brand, drive the right car, listen to the right music? In […]
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Bad moments, like good ones, tend to be grouped together. –Edna O’Brien Rough times may be pouring in on us at the moment, and they may seem unending. Difficulties appear to attract more difficulties, problems with loved ones, problems at work, problems with our appearance. A negative attitude, something that we all struggle with at […]
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Acceptance and faith are capable of producing 100% sobriety. —Grapevine— Acceptance and faith are the most important parts of our recovery. If we boil down Steps One And Two, we’ll find acceptance and faith. Acceptance means we see the world as it is, not as we want it to be. We start to see ourselves […]
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During our thoughts about the rewards that have come to us as a result of our new way of living, we find that we have new kinds of homes, new relationships with our spouses and with our children. Also, peace, contentment, hope, faith, charity, and new ambition. What are some of the things we have […]
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“THE QUALITY OF FAITH” This. . . has to do with the quality of faith. . . . In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves. . . . We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, “Grant me my wishes” instead of “Thy will be done.” TWELVE […]
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We have a tradition in my family: we wash our own laundry, we raise our own children, and we clean up our own dirt. —Alice Silverman— One life is all we have, and it’s enough. One life contains plenty of joy, sorrow, exaltation, despair, astonishment, and cruelty. Why then do we borrow trouble? Every time […]