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ANGER: A “DUBIOUS LUXURY” If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of the normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 66 “Dubious luxury.” How often have I remembered those words. […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041626-->
I am ashamed of these tears. And yet at the extreme of my misfortune I am ashamed not to shed them. — Euripides— Shame is a little whip we carry with us. We can shame ourselves easily; the little whip stings. We often use it to punish feelings, because they evoke the helpless children we […]
Keep It Simple <!--041626-->
No human creature can give order to love. —George Sand— If we are trying to get others to love us, all we’re really doing is trying to be in control. Trying to control others can be a powerful drug. Remember, we can’t control others. We can’t make others love us. Our Higher Power has control, […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--041626-->
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. —Simone de Beauvoir— Sudden obstacles, barriers in the way of our progress, doors that unexpectedly close, may confuse, frustrate, even depress us. The knowledge that we seldom understand just what is best for us, comes slowly. And we generally fight it, […]
Thought For The Day <!--041526-->
Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We never will know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: “That couldn’t happen to me.” But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk enough. But fear of these […]
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That day is lost on which one has not laughed. —French proverb— For a long time, we didn’t really laugh. It’s surprising when we think about it: We hadn’t really laughed for so long . . . we almost forgot how good we could feel. It feels so good to laugh again! Now our spirits […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041526-->
Promises that you make yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree—they bare no fruit. —Frances Marion— Promises are merely empty words if they aren’t backed up by action. And action is generally preceded first by deliberate resolve, then verbalized commitment (often to someone besides ourselves), and finally, a carefully laid out plan of steps […]
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THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS . . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, “Anger is a luxury I cannot afford.” Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned […]
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It seems to me that I have always been waiting for something better – sometimes to see the best I had snatched from me. —Dorothy Reed Mendenhall— Gratitude for what is prepares us for the blessings just around the corner. What is so necessary to understand is that our wait for what’s around the corner […]
Daily Reflections <!--041426-->
THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER” Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is […]