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TODAY, IT’S MY CHOICE . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned […]
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It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones. —Francoise Sagan— Looking for the good in others is good for one’s soul. Self-respect, self-love grows each time we openly acknowledge another’s admirable qualities. Comparisons we make of ourselves with others, focusing on how we fail to measure […]
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If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn’t have to do anything more about it. We’d be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, […]
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I want to get you excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now. —Virginia Satir— Deciding to recover was our first step. That decision meant we did […]
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All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little. —William L. O’Neill— Unfortunately, life does not come with a money back guarantee. Going after what we want, especially if we’re up against established interests, is likely to demand the commitment of our best energies with no certainty of getting it. Oddly […]
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SURRENDERING SELF-WILL Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever […]
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You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. —Irish Proverb— Each of us has been given recovery. Now it’s up to each of us what we do with it. At times, we’ll work hard to grow quickly. At other times, our growth will be slower. This is okay. We’re […]
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We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small, as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from experience. —Bill W.— As our disease grew, we often felt like any decision we made was wrong. We felt like wrong people. We lost self-respect, because deep inside we […]
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We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A.A. program as we did […]
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To create is to boggle the mind and alter the mood. Once the urge has surged, it maintains its own momentum. We may go along for the ride, but when we attempt to steer the course, the momentum dies. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh— A sense of spiritual well-being warms us when we are selfless, when we […]