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Pretty Purple Flowers

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.Β  —Helen Hayes… Our habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation, imitation of our parents, our siblings, our peer group. But we need not be stuck in […]

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🌷Good Morning Great and Wonderful Sister!!!…πŸ‘­πŸ’–…God is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves…βœ¨πŸ‘Ό…Sometimes we can get stuck in fear, anger, depression and guilt…😡😭🀬😳…and we can try to stay hidden in the darkest alley in our minds, with no true direction…πŸŒƒπŸ‘£…But we have a PROGRAM that reminds us of our Direction…β†—πŸŒžπŸ’―…And that is,”There […]

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The edge of the world does not look far away, To that I am running. —Papago Indian song for a young girl— All things seem possible to us when we’re young. The world’s problems look solvable; our optimism and our immense youthful energy combine to make us hopeful and impatient. Why didn’t anyone see before? […]

Each Day a New Beginnings <!--041926-->

Pretty Purple Flowers

In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed.Β  —Kathleen Casey Theisen— Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty about the rightness […]

Keep It Simple <!--041926-->

We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. —Sacred ritual chant— Good things keep happening to us. We are sober. We can think clearly. We can see progress on how we handle our problems. We have friends. We have love. We have hope. We are starting to feel joy. Our fears are getting […]

My Thought for the Day <!--041926-->

🌷Rise and Shine Strong Fabulous Lady Of the World…πŸ’ͺπŸ‘ΈπŸŒŽ…What a wonderful time for reflection of our goodness to give, renewal of the our Energy and Strength in this place where we Live…πŸ₯°βš‘🏑…to share our lives with those who may be less fortunate than ourselves. It not only helps them, it helps us, to be so […]

Daily Reflections <!--041926-->

Butterfly On A Pink Flower

BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common striving to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritual–almost incomprehensible. But it is there. I “feel” it. Today […]

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Tightly Bunched Bouquet Of Fall Flowers

Since I’ve been putting sobriety into my life, I’ve been taking out a lot of good things. I can describe it best as a kind of quiet satisfaction. I feel good. I feel right with the world, on the right side of the fence. As long as I put sobriety into my life, almost everything […]

Promise <!--041826-->

…Fatherly and motherly hearts often beat warm and wise in the breasts of the bachelor uncles and maiden aunts; and it is my private opinion that these worthy creatures are a beautiful provisions of nature for the cherishing of other people’s children. —Louisa Mae Alcott— Nature has beautifully provided that all humans can love all […]

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Butterfly On A Pink Flower

SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what […]