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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-30-2013, 09:08 AM
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December 31 True Resolutions Everyone...

December 31

True Resolutions

Everyone jokes about New Year's resolutions because no one keeps them. Some people say: I will never take another drink, or I will never shoot dope again. The...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-29-2013, 09:58 AM
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December 30 Improvement Is Always in Order ...

December 30

Improvement Is Always in Order

The Twelve Steps of recovery are similar to an escalator in that the highest step soon becomes the lowest step, as the conveyor follows a cyclical...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-28-2013, 08:20 AM
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December 29 Silent Approval As precious...

December 29

Silent Approval

As precious as silence is, failure to speak up is often taken as approval. Families and friends of people who abuse chemicals often keep their silence, sometimes for...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-27-2013, 09:48 AM
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December 28 Give Yourself a Break If we...

December 28

Give Yourself a Break

If we desire success, we must provide a conducive environment. It has been said, If you have found that opportunity hasn't knocked, perhaps you had better...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-26-2013, 08:37 AM
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December 27 Prayer Cannot Be Self-Centered ...

December 27

Prayer Cannot Be Self-Centered

Many with years of recovery describe how their prayers evolved as sobriety increased in quality. Initially, prayer was bargaining: I'll be good, God,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-24-2013, 08:57 AM
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December 26 God Finds Us In Many Ways A...

December 26

God Finds Us In Many Ways

A gentleman in treatment refused to attend required in-house AA meetings, insisting that coercing him to participate in a religious program was a violation...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-24-2013, 08:57 AM
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Views: 57,586
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December 25 Sober Celebration A doctor...

December 25

Sober Celebration

A doctor in his fifth year of sobriety said, When I found out I couldn't drink anymore, it was a sense of relief. I don't have to fight that battle anymore. It's...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-23-2013, 08:42 AM
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December 24 Envy Makes Us Ugly Few...

December 24

Envy Makes Us Ugly

Few feelings are as sick as envy. A man was having difficulty finding a parking space. In a space designated for the handicapped sat a car with a handicapped...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-22-2013, 09:08 AM
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December 23 Beware of the Mind's Distortions...

December 23

Beware of the Mind's Distortions

We dream of an ice-cream wagon with clanging bells. After we are aroused, we realize the ringing we heard in the dream was in reality the alarm....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-21-2013, 09:40 AM
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December 22 Inflexible Opinions Can Drive...

December 22

Inflexible Opinions Can Drive People Away

Other people have as much right to their opinions as we have to our own. Since humans are neither omniscient nor perfect, we should be...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-20-2013, 10:16 AM
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December 21 The Danger of Seeking Scapegoats...

December 21

The Danger of Seeking Scapegoats

The purpose of self-help groups and treatment for children of addicted parents is not to place blame, but to learn effective coping techniques, and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-19-2013, 08:04 AM
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December 20 Let the Miracle of Sobriety...

December 20

Let the Miracle of Sobriety Occur

Sobriety may sometimes come from a breakthrough. People have within them a core of dignity and self-respect, but in some people this core is buried...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-17-2013, 09:57 AM
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December 19 How We Become What We Despise ...

December 19

How We Become What We Despise

We frequently hear, I was repulsed by my father's or mother's drinking. I swore I would never become like that. Or the doctor who saw deteriorated...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-16-2013, 08:09 AM
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December 18 Don't Use Others as an Excuse ...

December 18

Don't Use Others as an Excuse

We should not measure ourselves by others. If we measured ourselves by what we could be, we might discover we are performing far below our optimum. But...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-16-2013, 08:08 AM
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Views: 57,586
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December 17 You Are A Beautiful Person ...

December 17

You Are A Beautiful Person

Thinking positively about ourselves is not always easy. Since addiction is a disease, an addict is really a person with a disease. It is the disease that...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-15-2013, 08:34 AM
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December 16 You Cannot Control the Future ...

December 16

You Cannot Control the Future

Interest rates fluctuate, the stock market zigzags, corporations go under while small businesses blossom. If we act reasonably and realize our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-13-2013, 07:11 AM
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December 15 Real Growth Takes Time and...

December 15

Real Growth Takes Time and Effort

A recovering woman stated on her fourth anniversary, It has taken me four years to finally feel good about myself. Although it was not until after...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-13-2013, 07:11 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 14 Our Egos Can Get in the Way ...

December 14

Our Egos Can Get in the Way

Humility depends on just being human. Recovery works for people, not for doctors or lawyers or professors or executives. When people shed their...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-12-2013, 08:58 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 13 A Life Without Goals is an Empty...

December 13

A Life Without Goals is an Empty Chaos

A path of life that is merely self-gratifying is not a path at all. If we seek only self-gratification, we are essentially living a chaotic...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-11-2013, 08:33 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 12 True Happiness Requires a...

December 12

True Happiness Requires a Lifetime Commitment

Perseverance is a rather unpopular concept in the modern world. Science has provided technologies. What about our lives, happiness,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-10-2013, 05:18 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 11 People-Pleasing During...

December 11

People-Pleasing

During active addiction we become angry with ourselves for not taking a firm stand on our own behalf and for letting others take advantage of us; we also develop...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-09-2013, 08:23 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 10 We Create Our Own Punishment ...

December 10

We Create Our Own Punishment

In the process of teaching children about God, it is either explicitly stated or implied that God operates the way parents do. We grow up thinking that...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-08-2013, 08:57 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 9 Straight Talk The recovery...

December 9

Straight Talk

The recovery program emphasizes that honesty is either rigorous or it is not honesty at all. Almost true is a lie. People who are not recovering from addiction or...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-06-2013, 08:31 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 8 May I Never Forget Twelve...

December 8

May I Never Forget

Twelve Promises or Rewards of sobriety include: freedom instead of addictive enslavement; serenity instead of anxiety; love of people instead of fear of people;...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-06-2013, 08:31 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 7 Building Character We do not...

December 7

Building Character

We do not tolerate incompatibility in character traits. Greed, envy, selfishness, lying, arrogance, and vanity are mutually compatible. Kindness, truth, humility,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-04-2013, 09:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 6 Finding the Right Approach ...

December 6

Finding the Right Approach

We must have serenity in order to be courageous. If we approach a challenge with serenity, we can see things in proper perspective, come to a correct...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-04-2013, 08:54 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 5 The Difference Between...

December 5

The Difference Between Self-Knowledge and Self-Absorption

Preoccupation with ourselves can become an obsession, in which our personal desires are all that matter. The addictive...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-03-2013, 08:17 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 4 No One Is Turned Away AA and...

December 4

No One Is Turned Away

AA and NA meeting rooms are homes from which no addict is ever turned away. A man visited Spain on business. He had been told that missing meetings was risky...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-02-2013, 10:01 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 3 It's More Than Just Self-Help ...

December 3

It's More Than Just Self-Help

Tom reluctantly admitted his alcoholism. His attendance at AA was infrequent and perfunctory. A young man asked, Are you with AA? I just got out of...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 12-01-2013, 10:02 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
December 2 Growth Through Adversity A...

December 2

Growth Through Adversity

A young professional woman with several years of sobriety was treated very shabbily in her application for a position because of her history of addiction....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 11-30-2013, 08:45 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 57,586
Posted By bluidkiti
Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought - December

December 1

We Are Never Alone

Ever since we were children, abandonment has been a source of anxiety. Psychologists state that repressed feelings continue to affect our emotions and influence...
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