Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-31-2016, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 30
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October 31
The sad truth is that most evil...
October 31
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil.
--Hannah Arendt
How often have we found ourselves in a predicament and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-30-2016, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 30
Humbly asked God to remove our...
October 30
Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
--Step Seven
In the Sixth and Seventh Steps of the program, we become willing to let go of our defects of character - issues, behaviors,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-29-2016, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 29
Learn to say I am
We hear a...
October 29
Learn to say I am
We hear a lot about becoming whole. "Become a complete human being." "Start on the pathway to becoming whole." "You won't find romantic love until you know you're...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-28-2016, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 28
This is a simple program for...
October 28
This is a simple program for complicated people.
--Saying heard at meetings
Newcomer
I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she'd always done it her own way - that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-27-2016, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 27
The reality is that changes are...
October 27
The reality is that changes are coming . . .They must come. You must share in bringing them.
--John Hersey
Change. It's scary. It's hard. It's needed. Sometimes it feels good; other...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-26-2016, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 26
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of...
October 26
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
--Joseph Addison
Our Program allows us to stand back from day-to-day...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-25-2016, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 25
Looking for beauty
It is...
October 25
Looking for beauty
It is important that we look for beauty.
There are beautiful things in the world each and every day, if we only know how to see.
In recovery, in serenity,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-24-2016, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 24
Program friendships are special ...
October 24
Program friendships are special
Until we came into the program we may have thought that friendships were all alike. We counted on friends to socialize and gossip with, maybe to share...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-23-2016, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 23
As a sponsor, remember you can...
October 23
As a sponsor, remember you can carry the word, but not the person.
*****
When alcoholics are ready, you can't keep the program from them; when they're not, you can't give the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-22-2016, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 22
It doesn't happen all at once.......
October 22
It doesn't happen all at once.... You become. It takes a long time.
--Margery Williams
Our spiritual awakening is partly a process of becoming real. We're moving from the external...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-21-2016, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 21
"We admitted we were...
October 21
"We admitted we were powerless..."
Accepting that we cannot control other people's behavior is a huge step. We want what is best for them, don't we? Can't they see that? What we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-20-2016, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 20
Self-knowledge and...
October 20
Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.
--Abraham Maslow
This is a simple program but it isn't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-19-2016, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 19
Reflection for the Day
"How...
October 19
Reflection for the Day
"How does The Program work?" newcomers sometimes ask. The two answers I most often hear are "very well" and "slowly." I'm appreciative of both answers,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-18-2016, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 18
Everything that irritates us...
October 18
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
--Carl Jung
In our worst time, we have been irritable and difficult to live with. And when we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-17-2016, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 17
Say when it's time to begin.
...
October 17
Say when it's time to begin.
I have a friend who is always planning to start a writing project "as soon as she gets organized." She has read nearly every book, attended every...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2016, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 16
A.A. Thought for the Day
Let...
October 16
A.A. Thought for the Day
Let us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. A spiritual experience is something that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-15-2016, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 15
Coping With Stress
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October 15
Coping With Stress
Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery.
Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-14-2016, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 14
Our hungers lead us to what will...
October 14
Our hungers lead us to what will satisfy
Hunger serves us well. Physical hunger prompts us to eat the food we need to promote and maintain health. Emotional hunger sends us in search...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2016, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 13
When you realize there is nothing...
October 13
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
--Tao Te Ching
Working the Twelve Steps is the process of being and becoming. It is finding, knowing, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-12-2016, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 12
When a person drowns himself in...
October 12
When a person drowns himself in negative thinking he is committing an unspeakable crime against himself.
-- Maxwell Maltz
Negative thoughts can rule our lives as compulsively as an...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-11-2016, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 11
All my yesterdays run together. ...
October 11
All my yesterdays run together.
-- Clara Glenn
Age doesn't demand that our memories become fuzzy, but they commonly are. We often fret over this. We could, instead, make light of it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-10-2016, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 10
The 12 Step way of life is...
October 10
The 12 Step way of life is accepting, not necessarily passive.
--Anonymous
When we accept life on life's terms, we are acknowledging reality. We have all, on occasion, run from the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2016, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 9
Let Go of Victimhood
Thought...
October 9
Let Go of Victimhood
Thought for the week:
Self-esteem comes from letting go of victimhood.
Affirmations for the week:
I am not a victim.
This week, I will make different...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-08-2016, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 8
"It's better to ask some of the...
October 8
"It's better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers."
--James Thurber
"I believe the purpose of my life is to learn, grow, and be the best possible person I can...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-07-2016, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 7
A man without ambition is dead. A...
October 7
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
--Pearl Bailey
Is our glass...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-06-2016, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 6
Life can only be understood...
October 6
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
-- Soren Kierkegaard
One of Mark Twain's most interesting writings states we should live life backwards from the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-05-2016, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 5
Isn't it great life is open-ended!...
October 5
Isn't it great life is open-ended!
--Brigitte Frase
Elizabeth Lawton, known as "Grandma Layton," is an American artist who never drew a picture until she was 68 years old. She spent...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-04-2016, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 4
Don't overlook the wonder of the...
October 4
Don't overlook the wonder of the ordinary.
The extraordinary, the amazing, the phenomenon are daily glorified in the movies, the news, and on television. Our senses become bombarded....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-03-2016, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 3
The human heart in its perversity...
October 3
The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.
--Moses Luzzatto
This program promises many rewards for those who follow it, but it does not promise to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-02-2016, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
October 2
"It was the night of my weekly...
October 2
"It was the night of my weekly recovery group," a woman said to me. "I had to make myself attend the meeting. We had a guest speaker from out of town, and everyone had been buzzing about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-01-2016, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,642
Today's Thought - October
October 1
In Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Bill W. spoke of Rule 62.
Don't take yourself too seriously.
Just keep laughing. It is the best medicine.
When you laugh, you look better...
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