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Continued to take personal inventory. . .First half of Step Ten. Step Ten tells us to keep looking at who we are. We ask ourselves, “Is what I’m doing okay?” If it is, then we take pride in the way we are acting. If not, we change our behavior. Step Ten keeps us in the […]
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LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have […]
A.A. Thought for the Day <!--100125-->
A.A. will lose some of its effectiveness if I do not do my share. Where am I failing? Are there some things I do not feel like doing? Am I held back by self-consciousness or fear? Self-consciousness is a form of pride. It is a fear that something may happen to you. What happens to […]
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Two birds fly past. That are needed somewhere. —Robert Bly— Our lives touch the lives of thousands of other people in ever widening circles. Every act of ours has a public dimension, even something as private as sharpening a pencil or filling a teakettle.We all are needed by everyone, and our chosen lives become a […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--100125-->
Women are often caught between conforming to existing standards or role definitions and exploring the promise of new alternatives. —Stanlee Phelps and Nancy Austin— This is a time of exploring for many of us. Recovery means change in habits, change in behavior, change in attitudes. And change is seldom easy. But change we must, if […]
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If we follow the Twelve Steps, we’ll leave failure behind. We may have tried and tired to be sober, good people, but failed if we were doing it our way. Now is the time to stop listening to ourselves and start listening to pros, those who have gone before us. When we follow their lead, […]
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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? —Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy— We choose the lives we lead. We choose sadness or happiness; success or failure; dread or excited anticipation. Whether or not we are conscious of our choices, we are making them every moment. Accepting […]
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There are no leaders in A.A., except as they volunteer to accept responsibility. The work of carrying on A.A.–leading group meetings, serving on committees, speaking before other groups, doing twelfth-step work, spreading A.A. among the alcoholics of the community–all these things are done on a volunteer basis. If I don’t volunteer to do something concrete […]
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THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.’s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139 Early in my A.A. life, I became employed in […]
My Thought for the Day <!--093025-->
🌹 Hello Remarkably Strong, Beautiful Sister❗…💪👭…We are Gifted with this wonderful day to Grown in…🎁🌈👩❤️👩…We have so many opportunities to be self-seeking, dis-honest, and lost in the denial of our self-serving motives…😈👈😆…Majority of the time, we are Even Blind to these Characteristics…😎🧐😱…and our disease is having us Believe, “These are certainly good intentions❗”…🤡😜🤪…When in fact […]