Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-30-2016, 07:33 AM
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June 30
Step by Step
"Sought through...
June 30
Step by Step
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2016, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 29
Step by Step
"Came to believe...
June 29
Step by Step
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." - Step Two
" ...(W)e believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-28-2016, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 28
Step by Step
Today ..."having...
June 28
Step by Step
Today ..."having had a spiritual awakening." Today, ask seriously and honestly what "spiritual awakening" means. If I talk the program's talk but don't walk the walk, I am...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-27-2016, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 27
Step by Step
"Made a searching...
June 27
Step by Step
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." - Step Four
"If we have been thorough about our personal inventory, we have written down a lot. We have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2016, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 26
Step by Step
"More than most...
June 26
Step by Step
"More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-25-2016, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 25
Step by Step
Today, of all that...
June 25
Step by Step
Today, of all that I feel, gratitude is foremost - gratitude for grabbing the lifeline of AA, for the common sense to hold onto it, for the support, experience, strength...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-24-2016, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 24
Step by Step
"Admitted to God,...
June 24
Step by Step
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." - Step 5
"This (Step) is perhaps difficult - especially discussing our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2016, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 23
Step by Step
" ...(W)e deal...
June 23
Step by Step
" ...(W)e deal with alcohol - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power - that One is God. May you find Him now....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-22-2016, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 22
Step by Step
"Headstrong and...
June 22
Step by Step
"Headstrong and willful, I rushed from pleasure to pleasure, and found the returns diminishing to the vanishing point. Hangovers began to assume monstrous proportions and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-21-2016, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 21
Step by Step
"The wars which...
June 21
Step by Step
"The wars which had been fought, the burnings and chicanery that religious dispute had facilitated, made me sick. I honestly doubted whether, on balance, the religions of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-20-2016, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 20
Step by Step
"It was only a...
June 20
Step by Step
"It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-19-2016, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 19
Step by Step
" ...(O)ur...
June 19
Step by Step
" ...(O)ur troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-18-2016, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 18
Step by Step
" ...I am deeply...
June 18
Step by Step
" ...I am deeply convinced that so long as I continue to strive, in my bumbling way, toward the principles I first encountered in the earlier chapters of this book, this...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-17-2016, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 17
Step by Step
"Your job now is...
June 17
Step by Step
"Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not hesitate to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-16-2016, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 16
Step by Step
" ...'Faith...
June 16
Step by Step
" ...'Faith without works is dead.' ...We have made a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took inventory. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2016, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 15
Step by Step
Today, a...
June 15
Step by Step
Today, a conscious and conscientious effort to be honest in recovery and sobriety just as I was dishonest in my drinking. Sobriety and recovery begin with honesty to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-14-2016, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 14
Step by Step
Today, I can't...
June 14
Step by Step
Today, I can't dismiss my yesterdays of regrets and misconduct completely even though the program suggests we live only for today. It doesn't compel us to ignore our pasts...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2016, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 13
Step by Step
"(Alcoholics) have...
June 13
Step by Step
"(Alcoholics) have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving. This phenomenon ...may be the manifestation of an allergy...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2016, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 12
Step by Step
"When we became...
June 12
Step by Step
"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-11-2016, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 11
Step by Step
Today, I will not...
June 11
Step by Step
Today, I will not fight anything and everything that comes my way, nor will I question why or complain that something is just another thing added to what I think is already...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2016, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 10
Step by Step
Today, whether a...
June 10
Step by Step
Today, whether a veteran or newcomer to the program or how many or few few 24 Hours of sobriety I have, give me courage to trust enough to reach out to share my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2016, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 9
Step by Step
"We admitted we...
June 9
Step by Step
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable." - Step One
Today, Steps 2 through 12 become mountains if the one step that requires...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-08-2016, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 8
Step by Step
Today, humility to...
June 8
Step by Step
Today, humility to extend compassion, understanding and empathy to the alcoholic whose current circumstances might once have been mine. If someone confides that he is faced...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-07-2016, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 7
Step by Step
"Made a decision to...
June 7
Step by Step
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." - Step Three
"Our description of the alcoholic ...make clear three...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-06-2016, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 6
Step by Step
"Rarely have we...
June 6
Step by Step
"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-05-2016, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 5
Step by Step
"A body badly...
June 5
Step by Step
"A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a spiritual mode of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-04-2016, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 4
Step by Step
"We have been...
June 4
Step by Step
"We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspect. But we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-03-2016, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 3
Step by Step
Today, gratitude...
June 3
Step by Step
Today, gratitude and humility if my sobriety totals week, months and even years and understanding that I am no more sober than the alcoholic whose last drink was yesterday....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-02-2016, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
June 2
Step by Step
"There may be some...
June 2
Step by Step
"There may be some wrongs we can never fully right. We don't worry about them if we can honestly say to ourselves that we would right them if we could. Some people cannot be...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-01-2016, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,286
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