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NO MORE STRUGGLE And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone — even alcohol. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When A.A. found me, I thought I was in for a struggle, and that A.A. might provide the strength I needed to beat alcohol. Victorious in that fight, who knows what other battles I could win. I […]
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If anything, we have tended to be people who wanted it all now. To hope is not Not to demand. —On Hope— Maybe we were a bit demanding. Maybe we were a bit impatient. Maybe that’s why we had such little hope. Hope is believing good will come even in bad time. Hope is knowing […]
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With each sunrise, we start anew. —Anonymous— Like a tree, our life depends on new growth. There are many ways to bring new ideas and growth into our lives. We can attend Twelve Step retreats. We can study books and tapes on spirituality. We can attend different Twelve Step meetings. But our spiritual newness may […]
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If our species does destroy itself it will be a death in the cradle—a case of infant mortality.—Jonathan Schell— Compared to rocks or to termites or ginkgo trees, our whole species is a very recent passenger on this Spaceship Earth. We’ve had a busy time of it, for the few thousand years that there have […]
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Children are surely one of God’s greatest gifts and truest challenges. To share your life with a child is to humble yourself so that you may learn from them and discover with them the beautiful secrets that are only uncovered in searching. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly— Humility accompanies every experience wherein we let ourselves fully listen […]
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MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING Fear… of economic insecurity will leave us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 Having fear reduced or eliminated and having economic circumstances improve, are two different things. When I was new in A.A., I had those two ideas confused. I thought fear would leave me only when I started making money. However, another […]
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In A.A. we forget about the future. We know from experience that as time goes on, the future takes care of itself. Everything works out well, as long as we stay sober. All we need to think about is today. When we get up in the morning and see the sun shining in the window, […]
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When we were drinking, we used to worry about the future. Worry is terrible mental punishment. What’s going to become of me? Where will I end up? In the gutter or the sanitarium? We can see ourselves slipping, getting worse and worse, and we wonder what the finish will be. Sometimes we get so discouraged […]
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…you must remember that an arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. —Abigail Adams— Sway is built into tall buildings so they won’t break. Rigid structures are never as strong as flexible ones. The strongest minds are also the most nimble, the most ready to change […]
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you. —Dale Carnegie— We wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others. Well, stand aside, addiction! The […]