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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-31-2014, 06:34 AM
Replies: 33
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Posted By yukonm
August 31, 2014 Today's Thought: I love...

August 31, 2014

Today's Thought:

I love to get up on Monday mornings or Sunday knowing I did not binge and feeling alive and alert. I love to listen to soothing music and smell the air in the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-30-2014, 08:14 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 30 Today's Thought: The tough...

August 30

Today's Thought:

The tough part for me on the fourth step is just recognizing and accepting things and then understanding that I have to change myself. This is character building. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-29-2014, 07:27 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 29 Today's Thought: When you...

August 29

Today's Thought:

When you pretended to believe in God, it was like dialing a phone number while the receiver was still on the hook. But you got through anyway. Makes you wonder,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-28-2014, 08:16 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 28 Today's Thought: First few...

August 28

Today's Thought:

First few years was just dry. When I begin to study the BB and practice the steps, I got sober. My wife described my dryness as "stark raving sobriety" and how right...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-27-2014, 07:59 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 27 Today's Thought: He needed...

August 27

Today's Thought:

He needed nine more years of sobriety, relapse, sobriety, relapse before he attained continuous sobriety and today he's got 15.5 years. I can smile and say God Bless...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-26-2014, 08:14 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 26 Today's Thought: One friend...

August 26

Today's Thought:

One friend would have had 30 years this year but he chose to take his life, as a result of the misery that drinking brought back into his life. I have been coming...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-25-2014, 06:08 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 25 Today's Thought: When my...

August 25

Today's Thought:

When my fiancee got killed by a drunk driver, I did what we alcoholics do DRINK. After 8 months of drinking I asked GOD for help. He did, but first I had to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-24-2014, 06:47 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 24 Today's Thought: On his death...

August 24

Today's Thought:

On his death bed he admitted to his daughter that he was an alcoholic and had tried to stop drinking for years but couldn't and could not go to AA. The disease of...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-23-2014, 08:34 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 23 Today's Thought: When I first...

August 23

Today's Thought:

When I first came into the program I basically traded one addiction for another. You know, just another way of running. It wasn't until after multiple relapses that I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-22-2014, 07:09 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 22 Today's Thought: "Cured" of...

August 22

Today's Thought:

"Cured" of alcoholism would mean that I could go drink like a NON alcoholic. I do not believe that I am "cured". However, I AM "recovered" in the sense that I am not...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-21-2014, 07:37 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 21 Today's Thought: I started...

August 21

Today's Thought:

I started Al-Anon when he was in the hospital and I found it to be a big help. Before I wouldn't go anywhere especially with him. I just sat here and worried about...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-20-2014, 06:17 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 20 Today's Thought: Today I know...

August 20

Today's Thought:

Today I know that I am an addict through and through and my disease will latch onto anything self destructive. I am doing my best to work through my underlying...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-19-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 19 Today's Thought: The first...

August 19

Today's Thought:

The first step has always been the one that I have always looked at as my favorite. It was the first time I was ever honest with me or anyone else. When I did look at...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-18-2014, 07:02 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 18 Today's Thought: Friendship...

August 18

Today's Thought:

Friendship is fine, however, sponsorship is another thing. I can sponsor some people and never be friends with them. On the other hand I have life long friends that I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-17-2014, 06:27 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 17 Today's Thought: I started...

August 17

Today's Thought:

I started Al-Anon when he was in the hospital and I found it to be a big help. Before I wouldn't go anywhere especially with him. I just sat here and worried about...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-16-2014, 08:08 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 16 Today's Thought: I...

August 16

Today's Thought:

I halfheartedly started working the steps, pretty much because I didn't know what else to do, and somewhere along the line it hit me: I was an alcoholic, just like...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-15-2014, 08:16 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
Today's Thought: August 15 It's okay...

Today's Thought:

August 15

It's okay today for me to make one decision and if it turns out the be the wrong one back up and apply the Step 10 principle and admit it was wrong and get it right...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-14-2014, 07:12 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 14 Today's Thought: I see a...

August 14

Today's Thought:

I see a character strength I truly admire in someone else. I'd like to have it for my own. I have no foggy clue what it feels like nor looks like to act in that...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-13-2014, 07:51 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 13 Today's Thought: If the...

August 13

Today's Thought:

If the disease concept doesn't work for you, let it go. No one says you have to believe anything. More importantly, I have found that the 'whys' of my drinking were...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-12-2014, 07:07 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 12 Today's Thought: My sponsor...

August 12

Today's Thought:

My sponsor and I are not close friends. We do nothing together but 12 step meetings and 12 step work. We are almost completely opposite. We do not travel in the same...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-11-2014, 07:25 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 11 Today's Thought: Well,...

August 11

Today's Thought:

Well, because I didn't take it "seriously." I turned from an "entry level" alcoholic into a "professional" alcoholic. I do attend meetings now. I work the 12 steps. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-10-2014, 06:41 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 10 Today's Thought: The tough...

August 10

Today's Thought:

The tough part for me on the fourth step is just recognizing and accepting things and then understanding that I have to change myself. This is character building. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-09-2014, 08:56 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 9 Today's Thought: Hearing...

August 9

Today's Thought:

Hearing others share their experience gave real life examples of what they were going through. They shared how they found solutions through working the steps and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-08-2014, 07:58 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 8 Today's Thought: I did not...

August 8

Today's Thought:

I did not even take the time to write it down. I just hunted people down and apologized ... sincerely to them. I found it impossible to not immediately apologize to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-07-2014, 08:14 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 7 Today's Thought: The program...

August 7

Today's Thought:

The program has given me so many blessings in my life, just the ability and the humility to recognize when I am being self-righteous is a gift. I never could when I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-06-2014, 07:49 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 6 Today's Thought: No one gives...

August 6

Today's Thought:

No one gives up their religious freedom when they walk into a 12 step meeting, and no one asks them to either. We just share what worked for us.

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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-05-2014, 08:08 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 5 Today's Thought: I told my...

August 5

Today's Thought:

I told my sponsor I'd never do any of the amends ... that changing my attitudes and behaviors was just going to have to do. Wrong! She laughed at me and said I'd do...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-04-2014, 08:29 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 4 Today's Thought: There's a...

August 4

Today's Thought:

There's a million ways to stop a fight from starting; for protecting myself from emotional injury; for keeping a hurtful situation from turning into a real deep-down...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-03-2014, 07:38 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 3 Today's Thought: The first...

August 3

Today's Thought:

The first thing to be affected by the use of alcohol is our judgement! Everyone I know who is serious about recovery is certain to admit his/her responsibility for...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-01-2014, 11:03 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
August 2 Today's Thought The tough part...

August 2

Today's Thought

The tough part for me on the fourth step is just recognizing and accepting things and then understanding that I have to change myself. This is character building. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-01-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,333
Posted By yukonm
Reflections for Every Day - August

August 1

Today's Thought:

From my own personal experience, I tried controlling my drinking on lots of occasions. I went to counselors who tried cognitive therapies to reframe my "thoughts"...
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