Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2015, 07:27 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2015, 08:22 AM
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April 29
Happy people are likeable
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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....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2015, 06:50 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2015, 08:52 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-26-2015, 08:01 AM
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April 26
Speaking from the Heart
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2015, 09:00 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2015, 08:30 AM
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April 24
Gratitude is larger than life.
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-23-2015, 09:11 AM
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April 23
Let go of resentments
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-22-2015, 06:47 AM
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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,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-21-2015, 08:19 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-20-2015, 07:41 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-19-2015, 07:50 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-18-2015, 06:54 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-17-2015, 07:17 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-16-2015, 08:00 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-15-2015, 06:45 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-14-2015, 08:39 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-13-2015, 09:04 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-12-2015, 08:49 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-11-2015, 07:49 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-10-2015, 08:57 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-09-2015, 08:34 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-08-2015, 08:40 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-07-2015, 07:10 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-06-2015, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 29
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-05-2015, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 29
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-04-2015, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 29
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-03-2015, 09:48 AM
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-02-2015, 07:39 AM
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April 2
Awareness, Acceptance, Action
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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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-01-2015, 08:57 AM
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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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