Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-30-2016, 05:17 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
November 30
Ask...
AA Thought for the Day
November 30
Ask for Help
Finally beaten, I asked for God’s help. His presence told me to believe.
My obsession for alcohol was taken away and my paranoia has since...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-29-2016, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 29
Love...
AA Thought for the Day
November 29
Love
To my mind, love is giving, not necessarily in material things,
but in kindness, in ignoring faults, in thinking primarily in terms
of the welfare and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-28-2016, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 28
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AA Thought for the Day
November 28
Prayer
Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer
would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine.
And for the same...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-27-2016, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 27
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AA Thought for the Day
November 27
Becoming
I must look inside myself, to free myself.
I must call upon God’s power to face the person I’ve feared the most, the true me,
the person God...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-26-2016, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 26
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AA Thought for the Day
November 26
Giving Thanks
I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits.
When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-25-2016, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 25
A...
AA Thought for the Day
November 25
A Touch of Serenity
I was learning that I had a disease and that I could do something about it.
A great weight seemed to be lifting off my shoulders — and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-24-2016, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 24
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AA Thought for the Day
November 24
Holiday 'Blues'
If there is any message here for those coming to our Fellowship new and shaky in the late fall,
it is this: Hang on; stick close; live for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-23-2016, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 23
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AA Thought for the Day
November 23
Growth
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe,
we had to stop doubting the power of God.
Our ideas...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-22-2016, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 22
The...
AA Thought for the Day
November 22
The Riddle
Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people.
We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-21-2016, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 21
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AA Thought for the Day
November 21
Prayer
In AA, we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question.
They are matters of knowledge and experience.
All those who have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-20-2016, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 20
A...
AA Thought for the Day
November 20
A Symptom
Our liquor was but a symptom.
We had to get down to causes and conditions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 64
Thought to Ponder . . .
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-19-2016, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 19
The...
AA Thought for the Day
November 19
The Right Thing
Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience,
we ask that we be given strength and direction...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-18-2016, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 18
A...
AA Thought for the Day
November 18
A Bright Idea
I woke up Saturday morning after the beginners meeting with the answer absolutely clear:
Religion was something taught me, acquired, an...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-16-2016, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 17
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AA Thought for the Day
November 17
Silence
To meditate means I have to become willing to sit alone in silence —
and endure silence patiently.
It means trusting the silence around me for a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-16-2016, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 16
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AA Thought for the Day
November 16
Online AA
Taking advantage of technological advances, for example,
AA members with computers can participate in meetings online,
sharing with fellow...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-15-2016, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 15
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AA Thought for the Day
November 15
Solitude
We realize a little solitude is necessary to think and to try to work some of the Steps.
In solitude, we take our inventories.
In solitude, we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-14-2016, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 14
Hope...
AA Thought for the Day
November 14
Hope
Hope is the priceless ingredient for recovery.
This, AA gives, most frequently not in mere words. Upon the alcoholic’s first contact with AA,
as he...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-13-2016, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 13
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AA Thought for the Day
November 13
Making Amends
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking
God’s help and guidance—meanwhile resolving to do the right...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-12-2016, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 12
New...
AA Thought for the Day
November 12
New Lessons
Out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust,
new lessons for living were learned, new resources...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-11-2016, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 11
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AA Thought for the Day
November 11
Failure
“In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility
which is probably needed, painful though it is.”
- As Bill...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-10-2016, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 10
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AA Thought for the Day
November 10
Faith
I am grateful for whatever faith I have now, even though it is little more than a seedling —
far, so very far, from the kind of faith that moves...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-09-2016, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 9
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AA Thought for the Day
November 9
Staying Away from the First Drink
If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk.
Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk, or trying to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-08-2016, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 8
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AA Thought for the Day
November 8
Choice
At this stage of our progress we are under heavy pressure to do the right thing.
We are obliged to choose between the pains of trying
and the certain...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-07-2016, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
November 7
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
November 7
Step Eleven
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-06-2016, 01:49 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 6
Ask...
AA Thought for the Day
November 6
Ask for Help
Reach out—people can’t read your mind.
Say ouch! Someone hears. Always.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 1], p. 85
Thought to Ponder . . .
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-05-2016, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 5
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AA Thought for the Day
November 5
Humility
On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility:
"Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble.
It is never to be fretted or vexed,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-04-2016, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 4
On...
AA Thought for the Day
November 4
On Target
In my case at least, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
It took me a long time to discover this and I suffered somewhat;
but again it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-02-2016, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 3
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AA Thought for the Day
November 3
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober;
unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy.
I need to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-02-2016, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thought for the Day
November 2
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AA Thought for the Day
November 2
Aloneness
“When I was driven to my knees by alcohol, I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith.
And all was changed. Never again, my pains and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-31-2016, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,524
AA Thoughts For Today - November
AA Thought for the Day
November 1
The Journey
You move either way from a drink or toward one. People never stand still.
Life is not arrival at a destination; life is to travel to many...
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