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Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

For the past two months we have been studying passages and steps from the Big Book. Now why not read the book itself again? It is essential that the A.A. program become part of us. We must have its essentials at our finger tips. We cannot study the big book too much or too often. […]

Daily Reflections <!--092825-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

LOVE WITHOUT STRINGS Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted me to be happy, to […]

My Thought for the Day <!--092725-->

๐Ÿฆ‹Good morning to You Beautiful Woman of this Worldโ—…๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŒŽ… What a Great Day we have been given to take part in…๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒž …And it is up to us How our day will flow โ“ย  …We can rush around and be hurried and short tempered with people all the day long, beating ourselves up as we go […]

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Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

Continuing the consideration of the term “spiritual experience”: “What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self-discipline. With few exceptions, our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. Most of […]

Promise of a new Day <!--092725-->

But one of the attributes of love, like art, is to bring harmony and order out of chaos. —Molly Haskell— The offer of love to the person sharing this time in our lives softens them, ourselves, and the events we share. Giving and receiving loving thoughts eases any momentary difficulty; loving and feeling loved reminds […]

Each day a new Beginning <!--092725-->

Pretty Purple Flowers

The wisdom of all ages and cultures emphasizes the tremendous power our thoughts have over our character and circumstances.ย  —Liane Cordes— “As we think, so we are.” We are gifted with the personal power to make thoughtful choices and thus decide whom we are. Our actions and choices combine to create our character, and our […]

Keep it Simple <!--092725-->

Honesty is the backbone of our recovery program. Honesty opens us up. It breaks down the walls we had built around our secret world. Those walls made a prison for us. But all of that is now changed. We are free. Honesty has made us wise. We arenโ€™t sneaking drinks anymore. We donโ€™t have a […]

Daily Reflections <!--092725-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

WITHOUT RESERVATION When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 While practicing service to others, if my successes give rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed […]

My Thought for the Day <!--092625-->

๐Ÿ’ Good morning Lovely, Resilient, Creatively Talented Lady โ—๐ŸŒด๐Ÿ’ƒ…Welcome to Our Glorious Morning God has Given us to Share in…๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ …We can start our day with a Smile or a Smirk…๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜–…The Attitudes And Choices We make this Day will not only Affect us, but will effect the lives of all those we come into contact […]

Keep it Simple <!--092625-->

The distance doesnโ€™t matter; only the first step is difficult. —Mme. Marquise du Deffand— During our addiction, we were on a path leading to death—death of our spirit, mind, and body. On that path, we tried not to think about where it would lead. We didnโ€™t want to get there. We just followed the path […]