Thought For The Day <!--041426-->
A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in each case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went out and […]
Keep It Simple <!--041426-->
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today. —Hugh Prather— Even in recovery, we addicts often feel we are not enough. Maybe it’s leftover shame from our using days. But we are enough. We are of great value. We all need each other to stay sober. Each of us needs other recovering […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041426-->
We must build paradigms of science itself. —Steven Rose and Hilary Rose— Science itself is not to be feared. We fear what science is capable of—just as we fear what human beings are capable of, when they act on their violent feelings, without control or choice. Science is a powerful tool of the human mind, […]
Each Day a New Beginnings<!--041426-->
Only those who dare, truly live. —Ruth P. Freedman— We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be heightened. When we risk […]
Keep It Simple <!--041326-->
No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. —The Talmud— Work is good for the heart. Work is good for our minds. It can give us something to focus on besides ourselves. Labor doesn’t just mean having a job. It may mean planting a garden or helping a friend. It certainly means working our program. Hopefully, it’s […]
My Thought for the Day <!--041326-->
🌹 Hello Sunshine❗…🌞🙋…We are Strong resilient Women, we take on a lot of burdens and obligations of our families, friends, work… 👩👩👦👦 👭🏪 … and we can sometimes forget about our own needs. We put them off in the routine of things until we find ourselves frustrated, irritable, and discontent…😣😠😈 …or we can be left […]
Thought For The Day <!--041326-->
Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to […]
Daily Reflection <!--041326-->
THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can […]
Promise of a New Day <!--041326-->
You can have your cake and eat it. But my God, it will go rotten inside you. —D.H. Lawrence— When we try to hang on to another person or to any part of life, we impede the natural flow. To be in harmony, we must let go. “You must lose your life in order to […]
New Beginnings <!--041326-->
The world is a wheel always turning. Those who are high go down low, and those who’ve been low go up higher. —Anzia Yezierska— Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully. Time marches on, […]