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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-30-2014, 09:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 30 Today's Thought: Working...

September 30

Today's Thought:

Working the steps is hard enough without having to contend with uncomfortable meetings and sponsor situations. I changed both my sponsor and meetings this year,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-29-2014, 07:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 29 Today's Thought: It held...

September 29

Today's Thought:

It held me back for a while and finally my old cranky sponsor just told me, "Hell, just do it! What have you got to lose? It is not like you are going in for...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-28-2014, 08:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 28 Today's Thought: My life...

September 28

Today's Thought:

My life was truly unmanageable. I had no control over when or how much I drank. I walked into the rooms of AA, scared confused and miserable. It took about 23...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-27-2014, 08:29 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 27 Today's Thought: Then...

September 27

Today's Thought:

Then Al-Anon members shared their stories with me and I realized I'm not a bad wife for leaving him to his own devices. He always managed somehow to get home --...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-26-2014, 08:59 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 26 Today's Thought: My...

September 26

Today's Thought:

My experience was that my 5th Step helped to free me from a lot of guilt and shame. What was dramatic was that, over the next few months following my 5th Step, I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-25-2014, 01:05 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 25 Today's Thought: At this...

September 25

Today's Thought:

At this point, my sponsor is more of a sounding board than a guide for me. He knows me very well, and is familiar with my thinking patterns. Sometimes he can see a...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-24-2014, 09:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 24 Today's Thought: My...

September 24

Today's Thought:

My "action" of going to Al-Anon sent up red flags to my spouse, that I believed he had a drinking problem, even if he didn't believe it. That I was not going to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-23-2014, 07:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 23 Today's Thought: I really...

September 23

Today's Thought:

I really don't enjoy being judgemental anymore. I don't enjoy self-righteous nor controlling attitudes anymore either. Somehow, they're just not as much fun as...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-22-2014, 08:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 22 Today's Thought: It...

September 22

Today's Thought:

It doesn't matter if the other person is in the program or not as long as they are moving in a healthy direction and feel comfortable with who they are. If your...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-21-2014, 07:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 21 Today's Thought: I'd say...

September 21

Today's Thought:

I'd say that the program consists of thought and action, one following the other in an endless cycle of realization, action, and growth. If I allow the cycle to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-20-2014, 08:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 20 Today's Thought: My...

September 20

Today's Thought:

My alcoholism is the best thing that ever happened to me, by far I've met the finest people I know. It doesn't matter where you are, who you are, there are people...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-19-2014, 07:14 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 19 Today's Thought: I have to...

September 19

Today's Thought:

I have to put my higher power, whom I choose to call God, in the driver's seat. It is his will, not my will. I am frequently reminded by my sponsor that it is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-18-2014, 08:36 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 18 Today's Thought: I made a...

September 18

Today's Thought:

I made a list of everything I wanted from life at that moment. Once I could see them on paper, I knew which ones I could work on right now. Others had to be...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-17-2014, 07:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 17 Today's Thought: I really...

September 17

Today's Thought:

I really didn't have any personal values to build any life on, much less a sober one. When I was told that I could condense my life down to a single day of being...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-16-2014, 07:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 16 Today's Thought: The most...

September 16

Today's Thought:

The most important thing for me is that I work my program and let him work his. I dont keep track of his attendance at meetings or anything, and if he needs to go...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-15-2014, 06:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 15 Today's Thought: I prayed...

September 15

Today's Thought:

I prayed hard for God to help. Then, as I read step 2, I saw the insanity clause. That was it. I was insane. Nothing would ever change while I stayed insane.
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-14-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 14 Today's Thought: I was...

September 14

Today's Thought:

I was blessed to have a man stand me on my feet and walk me through the steps as they are outlined in the Big Book. I have since done the same with many others....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-13-2014, 07:30 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 13 Today's Thought: I must...

September 13

Today's Thought:

I must love myself very much to want to continue in sobriety, I must respect myself enough to know that even if I relapse I can get right back up, and begin all...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-12-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 12 Today's Thought: As...

September 12

Today's Thought:

As someone who relapsed after several years of sobriety, and am now a year into my new sobriety, I can tell you what was told to me: you have to find a new...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-11-2014, 07:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 11 Today's Thought: I really...

September 11

Today's Thought:

I really believe that a healthy relationship is best achieved by leaving the women in the fellowship alone until a person has put together some really solid...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-10-2014, 08:18 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 10 Today's Thought: I could...

September 10

Today's Thought:

I could accept the idea that I was an alcoholic, but I could not accept the idea that anything else in my life needed changing, besides my drinking. Since I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-09-2014, 07:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 9 Today's Thought: We all...

September 9

Today's Thought:

We all wish we could go back and change the past, especially when we are having difficulty dealing with the present. Let the past go and deal effectively with...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-08-2014, 07:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 8 Today's Thought: When I...

September 8

Today's Thought:

When I went to my first meetings I too had a hard time accepting that I wouldn't be able to drink for the rest of my life. That sounded like such along time. I was...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-07-2014, 07:31 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 7 Today's Thought: One of the...

September 7

Today's Thought:

One of the methods said to not include those things you did when you were drunk that you know you would not do now that you are sober. Well, that simplified it for...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-06-2014, 07:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 6 Today's Thought: It was...

September 6

Today's Thought:

It was false pride which kept me from getting help or making contact with people whenever I needed it. I just didn't want to admit to myself that I cannot do every...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-05-2014, 07:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 5 Today's Thought: I had to...

September 5

Today's Thought:

I had to come to a place where I was comfortable with myself first. Then, the people I was attracted to and who were attracted to me were healthier and happier. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-04-2014, 07:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 4 Today's Thought: I had not...

September 4

Today's Thought:

I had not been honest about anything for a long, long time. I realized if I was to be successful with the steps I had to be honest. I had to do more than say them....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-03-2014, 08:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 3 Today's Thought: Were I to...

September 3

Today's Thought:

Were I to attempt to "sell" - or even explain - my beliefs to others, I know that I would come up short. I would not be able to find words to accurately express...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-02-2014, 08:28 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
September 2 Today's Thought: Alcohol is...

September 2

Today's Thought:

Alcohol is no longer part of my personal life, but its history of destruction and damage is still in my mind. Strangely my grown children still think of me as a...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 09-01-2014, 08:41 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,054
Posted By yukonm
Reflections for Every Day - September

September 1

Today's Thought:

I was able to accept the fact that I had done all that I could do to make amends and that I was not responsible for her accepting it or not. I have walked through...
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