Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Today, 04:58 AM
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June 22: It is time to get everything in order...
June 22: It is time to get everything in order that you possibly can. This is not only for your peace of mind, but for your general well-being. The pieces of your life that look like a jigsaw puzzle...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 21
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June 22
Happiness is a decision.
We...
June 22
Happiness is a decision.
We came into this program desperate for help and perhaps solace too. We knew our lives were more painful than most. Seeing all the smiles and hearing the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 22
Richness that endures
A new toy...
June 22
Richness that endures
A new toy will not bring new richness or meaning to your life. That’s up to you, your work, your commitment, your time, your effort.
You swipe, you tap, and it...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Yesterday, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 21
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June 21: Just like David and Goliath, your...
June 21: Just like David and Goliath, your breakthrough is going to be huge. You are inching closer every day. Trust Me to direct every step so that you will achieve your goal and step into a new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 21
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June 21
God Keeps Giving
I am grateful...
June 21
God Keeps Giving
I am grateful for the gifts of recovery. Obviously, I have to put in work toward this program. And I'm okay with doing it every day - for the rest of my life. I used...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 25
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June 21
Skepticism
The ability to trust...
June 21
Skepticism
The ability to trust adds great value to your life on many different levels. Yet blind trust is worse than no trust at all.
For trust to work, it has to pass through the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-19-2024, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-19-2024, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 19
Imitating
We don't need to...
June 19
Imitating
We don't need to imitate anyone. If we admire someone, we might aspire to her or his qualities (substance), but we needn't imitate that person's every gesture and word...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-19-2024, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 19
Create excellence
Excellence is...
June 19
Create excellence
Excellence is a highly desirable result. Yet the importance of excellence goes deeper than that.
Even more valuable than the result of excellence is the quest...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-18-2024, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
June 18: The difficulties that you are facing...
June 18: The difficulties that you are facing will begin to sort themselves out. But, you must be patient. It could take more time than you anticipate. Just know that you are on the right track....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-18-2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 18
Originality is unexplored territory....
June 18
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.
~Alan Alda
We are on an adventure trip in this program. Each of us is a wilderness...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-18-2024, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 18
Trendy or dependable?
What’s...
June 18
Trendy or dependable?
What’s trendy is valuable and exciting in the moment. But its value quickly fades.
What’s dependable continues to be attractive and useful over long stretches...
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Forum: New Member Check In
06-17-2024, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 1,003
Views: 261,551
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-17-2024, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
JUne 17
I'm always ready to learn, although...
JUne 17
I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
~Winston Churchill
We addicts are used to learning the hard way. Many of us think we're different and can do...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-17-2024, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 17
Don’t and do
Don’t demand to be...
June 17
Don’t and do
Don’t demand to be entertained. Do offer to be useful.
Don’t wish for something good to come your way. Do create value out of what’s already available to you.
Don’t...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-16-2024, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-16-2024, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 16
When you teach your son, you teach...
June 16
When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
~The Talmud
As we look at our own life history and begin to understand how we reached this point, we have to examine what was...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-15-2024, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
June 15: There are things you can do to help...
June 15: There are things you can do to help yourself and others that you are only vaguely aware of. Quiet your soul and allow truth to come so that you can see the path you must take. You are never...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2024, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 15
Let there be spaces in your...
June 15
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
~Kahlil Gibran
Sometimes it is just as important to know when to leave others alone as it is to know when to talk with them. We all need to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2024, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 16
Overwhelming challenge
When you...
June 16
Overwhelming challenge
When you feel overwhelmed it’s easy to give up. Yet it’s just as possible to take action.
If a thousand jobs must be done, doing one of them doesn’t feel like...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2024, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 15
Incentive
What you truly care...
June 15
Incentive
What you truly care about doing, gets done. What you care about learning, you quickly come to know and retain.
If you’re failing to take action in some particular realm,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-14-2024, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-14-2024, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 14
AA Thought for the Day
When we...
June 14
AA Thought for the Day
When we alcoholics first come into AA and we face the fact that we must spend the rest of our life without liquor, it often seems like an impossibility to us. So...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-14-2024, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 14
In the doing
Gather information...
June 14
In the doing
Gather information and resources, plan your strategy, develop your capabilities. Then make good and meaningful use of what you have.
By all means prepare well for all...
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Forum: Daily Gratitude
06-14-2024, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 0
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My JUNE Gratitude List
Hello fellow Sober Family, I am here to satisfy my deepest Gratitude for remaining SOBER, and accepting the few little challenges that my Higher Power, God would sweetly bring into my world. I...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-13-2024, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2024, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 13
The self is a calm stable center...
June 13
The self is a calm stable center surrounded by a continuous changing sea. Merge with yourself and be ready for any emergent sea.
~Coretta Scott King
Wise ones tell us to be true to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2024, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 13
What life brings
When you...
June 13
What life brings
When you notice particular weakness in another person, let that prompt you to correct any similar weakness in yourself. When you perceive certain strength in someone...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-12-2024, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2024, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 22
Daily Reflections
TODAY, I'M...
June 22
Daily Reflections
TODAY, I'M FREE
This brought me to the good healthy realization that there
were plenty of situations left in the world over which I
had no personal power--that if...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2024, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 21
Daily Reflections
FEAR AND...
June 21
Daily Reflections
FEAR AND FAITH
The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime
undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed.
When under heavy attack, acute illness, or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 20
Daily Reflections
RELEASE FROM...
June 20
Daily Reflections
RELEASE FROM FEAR
The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall
have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible
for us to attain. Then we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2024, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 12
Today I forgive all those who have...
June 12
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
In time...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2024, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 12
Optimize reality
Difficult...
June 12
Optimize reality
Difficult situations give birth to valuable opportunities. There’s something good you can do.
Disappointment shines a bright light on what truly matters. You have...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-11-2024, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
June 11: You are concerned about many things,...
June 11: You are concerned about many things, most of which are completely out of your control. I would have you be at peace, knowing that I am God who hears your prayers and supplications. Yours is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-11-2024, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 11
Service
Whomsoever shall compel...
June 11
Service
Whomsoever shall compel you to go with him one mile ...go with him two. Go another mile.
~Og Mandino
No effort must ever seem so great that it will stop us from giving...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-11-2024, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 11
Put gratitude into action
Go...
June 11
Put gratitude into action
Go beyond just thinking and speaking your gratitude. Act on your gratitude.
It’s great to say you’re thankful. Now do something about it.
Tap into the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2024, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 26,103
June 10
Quote of the Week
"We go to...
June 10
Quote of the Week
"We go to meetings for relief; we work the Steps for recovery."
It happens every time: I always feel better after a meeting. Regardless of what’s going on or what...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2024, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-10-2024, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
June 10: Change is in the air, which will give...
June 10: Change is in the air, which will give you a chance to adjust and deal with things you have put off. It will be a season of cleansing and purification that will produce a level of freedom you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2024, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 10
Honor begets honor; trust begets...
June 10
Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life.
~Henry L. Stimson
If anything characterized the severity of our addiction, it was...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2024, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
June 10
Say what
Say what must be said,...
June 10
Say what
Say what must be said, what adds value to the situation or discussion. But know also when you’ve said enough.
Say what is for you to say, what comes from your experience and...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-09-2024, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 497
Believing What We All Believe
Believing in anything has a powerful effect on all of us and for all of us who end up here in recovery it's what we all have been believing that's causing all of us all the pain and misery that's in...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-09-2024, 03:05 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2024, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 19
Daily Reflections
"A.A....
June 19
Daily Reflections
"A.A. REGENERATION"
Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising
out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old
life as a condition for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2024, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 18
Daily Reflections
A FELLOWSHIP...
June 18
Daily Reflections
A FELLOWSHIP OF FREEDOM
. . . if only men were granted absolute liberty, and were compelled to obey no one, they would then voluntarily associate themselves in the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2024, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 17
Daily Reflections
"DEEP DOWN...
June 17
Daily Reflections
"DEEP DOWN WITHIN US"
We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last
analysis it is only there that He may be found. . . . search
diligently within...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2024, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,679
June 16
Daily Reflections
...
June 16
Daily Reflections
OPEN-MINDEDNESS
We have found that God does not make too hard terms with those
who seek Him. To us, the realm of spirit is broad, roomy, all
inclusive, never...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2024, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,459
June 9
The now never asks what’s coming...
June 9
The now never asks what’s coming next.
~Larry Stillday
We need to spend some time every day in the now. Just being. Just being enough. Relaxing. Enjoying the people around us or...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-08-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,221
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