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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-30-2015, 07:27 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
April 30 Patience is a particular...

April 30

Patience is a particular requirement. Without it, you can destroy in an hour what it might take you weeks to repair.
--Charlie W. Shedd

Enjoying the moment, in its fullest, makes...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-29-2015, 08:22 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 29 Happy people are likeable ...

April 29

Happy people are likeable

Personal Relations

Who are the people we really like, and like to be with? Most of the time, they are happy people, people who like themselves and others....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-28-2015, 06:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 28 Taking it slowly Let's not...

April 28

Taking it slowly

Let's not make haste and demand perfection at once - this would only blind us. If we are impatient, we cannot work a daily program. But by exercising patience, we...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-27-2015, 08:52 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 27 Where the willingness is great, the...

April 27

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
--Niccolo Machiavelli

Acceptance may be one of the most difficult things to learn, for it means we must give up the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-26-2015, 08:01 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 26 Speaking from the Heart ...

April 26

Speaking from the Heart

Through fellowship, we offer each other mutual support. Since we believe that the Higher Power works through the group, what one of us is prompted to say is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-25-2015, 09:00 AM
Replies: 29
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Posted By bluidkiti
April 25 The future you shall know when it...

April 25

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
-- Aeschylus

The Fellowship keeps us grounded in the current moment. We learn to live today. Our planning and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-24-2015, 08:30 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 24 Gratitude is larger than life. ...

April 24

Gratitude is larger than life.

One day, a friend called me on the phone. He was going through a difficult time and wondering if and when things would ever turn around and improve. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-23-2015, 09:11 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 23 Let go of resentments ...

April 23

Let go of resentments

Resentments are sneaky, tricky little things. They can convince us they're justified. They can dry up our hearts. They can sabotage our happiness. They can...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-22-2015, 06:47 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 22 How can I believe in a Higher...

April 22

How can I believe in a Higher Power? I was taught that God is just an idea that weak people use as a crutch.
--Alcoholics Anonymous member

After we admit how serious our addiction is,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-21-2015, 08:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 21 Quiet My Mind Dear Lord, ...

April 21

Quiet My Mind

Dear Lord,

Teach me to quiet my mind.

Stop my thoughts from racing from one thing to another.
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-20-2015, 07:41 AM
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Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 20 When love beckons to you, follow...

April 20

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.
--Kahlil Gibran

There will be many opportunities to express love in the days ahead, and some may be cloaked...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-19-2015, 07:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 19 People are lonely because they...

April 19

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
--Joseph Fort Newton

Remember building snow forts? After a sticky snowfall we'd build a big snow wall. Then we'd...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-18-2015, 06:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 18 My father taught me that only...

April 18

My father taught me that only through self-discipline
can you achieve freedom.
Pour water into a cup and you can drink.
Without the cup, the water would splash over.
The cup is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-17-2015, 07:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 17 Resolve to be thyself; and know...

April 17

Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.
--Matthew Arnold

Our need for approval compels us to try to look good - no matter what's going on. We imagine...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-16-2015, 08:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 16 Two things a man should never be...

April 16

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
--Thomas Fuller

In the Serenity Prayer, we pray for the wisdom to know the difference between...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-15-2015, 06:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 15 Love is the lamp that lights the...

April 15

Love is the lamp that lights the universe: without that light . . . the earth is a barren promontory and man the quintessence of dust.
--Mary Elizabeth Braddon

All of us are lighted...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-14-2015, 08:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 14 Bring Any Request to God Bring...

April 14

Bring Any Request to God

Bring any request you have to God.

No request is too large; none too small or insignificant.

How often we limit God by not bringing to God everything we...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-13-2015, 09:04 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 13 Place yourself in the middle of the...

April 13

Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom, which flows through your life. Then, without effort, you are impelled to truth and to perfect contentment.
--Ralph Waldo...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-12-2015, 08:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 12 To try to extinguish the drive for...

April 12

To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it.
--Hindu proverb

In recovery, we learn what we truly want and what is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-11-2015, 07:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 11 Sharing is healing. --Cathy Stone...

April 11

Sharing is healing.
--Cathy Stone

It's not easy to share the intimate details of our lives. We have guarded our secrets for years. But now it's suggested that we tell our secrets to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-10-2015, 08:57 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 10 Martyrs set bad examples. --David...

April 10

Martyrs set bad examples.
--David Russell

Sometimes we call people "martyrs." We think of them as victims. They suffer, but sometimes not for a cause. They play "poor me." They want...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-09-2015, 08:34 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 9 Today's thought from Hazelden Betty...

April 9

Today's thought from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-08-2015, 08:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 8 Goodwill Have you ever envied...

April 8

Goodwill

Have you ever envied someone else's good fortune? Consider the friend who calls with a different ring to her voice. Instead of sharing her troubles and woes, she proceeds to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-07-2015, 07:10 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 7 I can live for two months on a good...

April 7

I can live for two months on a good compliment.
-- Mark Twain

Newcomer

At a meeting I shared about a loss I've gone through, and the response was amazing. People expressed sympathy...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-06-2015, 08:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 6 Reflection for the Day Every...

April 6

Reflection for the Day

Every person, no matter what his or her balance for good or evil, is a part of the Divine economy. We are all children of God, and it is unlikely that God intends...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-05-2015, 08:36 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 5 Reflection for the Day The...

April 5

Reflection for the Day

The Program is a road, not a resting place. Before we came to The Program - and, for some of us, many times afterward - most of us looked for answers to our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-04-2015, 08:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 4 Today's thought from Hazelden Betty...

April 4

Today's thought from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

If I should lose, let me stand by the road and cheer as the winners go by.
--Berton Bradley

If we are to be among the winners...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-03-2015, 09:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 3 Conflict can produce positive...

April 3

Conflict can produce positive results.

If our policy is to avoid conflict at all cost, we may impede our growth by trying to sweep important issues under the rug and refusing to deal...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-02-2015, 07:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
April 2 Awareness, Acceptance, Action ...

April 2

Awareness, Acceptance, Action

Dear God,

Slow me down when all I do is try to fix and control things and people. Help me to first accept situations, as they are when I become aware of...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 04-01-2015, 08:57 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,273
Posted By bluidkiti
Today's Thought - April

April 1

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
--Francis Bacon

Each day we hope for accomplishment and satisfaction and we'll achieve these when we scale our hopes to our real...
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