Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 10:23 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
Yesterday, 09:48 AM
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Becoming Teachable
Everything that we all think that we have to know up to the point of all of us coming into recovery won't do any of us any good going forward. We all have to learn how to live life a new way or we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 10
Loneliness is the first thing which...
May 10
Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye nam'd not good.
~John Milton
Loneliness is a dominant fact of life for many people. It is also a consequence - it is caused. Regardless...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 10
Keep growing
Right now you have...
May 10
Keep growing
Right now you have an opportunity to grow. Take advantage of that opportunity to add depth, substance, and meaning to life.
No matter what you’ve already accomplished,...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
05-09-2024, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,897
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-09-2024, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 9
It is important that we plan for the...
May 9
It is important that we plan for the future, imperative that we accept an outcome unplanned.
~Molly McDonald
We sometimes feel confused over how to live just one day at a time while...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-09-2024, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 9
Promises, promises
You wouldn’t...
May 9
Promises, promises
You wouldn’t rely on the promise of promptness from someone who is always late. You can’t rely on the promise of payment from someone who is always broke.
A promise...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-08-2024, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
May 8: This is a time when you must rest and be...
May 8: This is a time when you must rest and be restored. Rise up in the Spirit and access the substance of rejuvenation and receive it by faith. Everything you need to be refreshed and renewed is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-08-2024, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 8
The luxury of doing good surpasses...
May 8
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.
~John Gay
Helping a friend move, listening to a troubled spouse, or doing a special favor for someone can help us in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-08-2024, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 8
Different choices
Just because...
May 8
Different choices
Just because you didn’t, doesn’t mean you can’t. Though you may have wasted much time and opportunity, there’s no need to continue doing so.
The past is the past and...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-07-2024, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 0
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Choose Carefully
Something has suddenly changed abruptly for all of us and in a very scary way that's very powerful for all of us when this has happened all at once and at the same time. Many of us are taken aback by...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-07-2024, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
May 7: Hang on to My promises when you have a...
May 7: Hang on to My promises when you have a setback. Overall, you are making progress, but not all things are coming up roses and clover. Challenges are part of life that either break you down or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-07-2024, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 7
Musts
Not what we would, but what...
May 7
Musts
Not what we would, but what we must makes up the sum of living.
~Richard Henry Stoddard
"We must do the things we must" is frequent advice in the program. Each Step is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-07-2024, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 7
Step up and start
The bolts are...
May 7
Step up and start
The bolts are rusty. But give them a forceful turn of the wrench and you just might be able to loosen them.
The stack of papers is twenty inches high. Yet one page at...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-06-2024, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
May 6: You are in a season of progression. You...
May 6: You are in a season of progression. You will be able to break through invisible barriers that have kept you from achieving certain goals. If you pay attention, you will discover that you are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-06-2024, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 6
For so must it be, and help me to do...
May 6
For so must it be, and help me to do my part.
~Tibetan saying
It’s been said that God exists only in the present. That means we must live in the present if we are to find God. In God's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-06-2024, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 6
New fulfillment
Allow your life...
May 6
New fulfillment
Allow your life to be good. Appreciate everything you have the opportunity to experience.
There have been times you would have given just about anything to be where you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-05-2024, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
Petitions to my Higher Power
God,
Each day...
Petitions to my Higher Power
God,
Each day You present me with new opportunities to build up my faith and renew my strength. When the time is right, lead me on a path to helping newcomers. Help...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-05-2024, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
May 5: Deliberately come into peace as you...
May 5: Deliberately come into peace as you release yourself from stress. Step on to the firm foundation of faith in My word, in My kingdom, and in relationship with Me, says the Lord. When your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-05-2024, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 5
The purpose of life is a life of...
May 5
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
~Robert Byrne
When we first get sober, our main job for the first couple years is just to get well. It's a big job because our disease has...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2024, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2024, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
This is an awesome read from todays thought.
...
This is an awesome read from todays thought.
Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.
~Matthew Arnold
Our need for approval compels us to try to look good -...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-04-2024, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2024, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 4
Resolve to be thyself; and know that...
May 4
Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.
~Matthew Arnold
Our need for approval compels us to try to look good - no matter what's going on. We imagine...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2024, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 5
Something good from it
What...
May 5
Something good from it
What irritates you does not last. Consider that, let go of the irritation, and move on.
What frustrates you provides insight into your own priorities. Use that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2024, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 4
Also enjoy tomorrow
Momentary...
May 4
Also enjoy tomorrow
Momentary pleasures are great, provided they don’t result in long-term burdens. If the cost lingers longer than the pleasure, it’s probably not worth it.
With each...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
Good Friday morning.
Love's gentle touch, ...
Good Friday morning.
Love's gentle touch,
Guiding the broken soul,
God's grace shines bright,
Wisdom's steady hand at helm,
Yacht of recovery sails on.
Selflessness blooms,
In service to...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-03-2024, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
May 3: When difficulties and challenges arise,...
May 3: When difficulties and challenges arise, you must be flexible to do what is required of you. Realize that I am with you to give you wisdom and direction in every circumstance. Do not be afraid...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 3
Waiting
Wait. If the time is not...
May 3
Waiting
Wait. If the time is not right, the way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait. We may feel a sense of urgency. We may want to resolve the issue by doing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 3
One thing or another
Devote more...
May 3
One thing or another
Devote more time to joy, and there will be less time for anxiety. Make more space for love, and there will be less room for anger.
Light and darkness cannot exist...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-02-2024, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2024, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
May 2
Your feeling of being unforgiven and...
May 2
Your feeling of being unforgiven and unforgivable is what makes you suffer so. But it only exists in your heart or mind.
~Sogyal Rinpoche
Step Five shows us the way to self?acceptance...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2024, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
May 2
Good and tired
Being tired from...
May 2
Good and tired
Being tired from ambitious effort feels a whole lot better than being tired of doing nothing. If you’re going to be tired anyway at the end of the day, then make it count...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,898
May 10
Daily Reflections
FREE AT LAST ...
May 10
Daily Reflections
FREE AT LAST
Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects
to another human being is humility - a word often
misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,898
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,618
Today's Thought - May
May 1
A slogan that can help us is "Keep an open mind."
We are so certain we are right. And part of the time we are. However, the more we grow in Al-Anon or other Twelve Step programs, the more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,367
Daily Motivator - May
May 1
Own your mistakes
You’re going to make mistakes. When you do, acknowledge them, learn from them, and move on.
It all sounds so simple and obvious, as indeed it is. But that doesn’t...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-01-2024, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,298
Small Straws In A Soft Wind - May
May 1: You can look back regretting the things you have done and the circumstances you have endured, but it will not change what was or has been. What you can do is repent and ask the forgiveness of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,544
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,642
April 30
The life of the spirit is centrally...
April 30
The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action. Spirituality is something done, not merely something believed or known or experienced.
~Mary McDermott Shideler
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,544
April 30
Quality of attention
Notice...
April 30
Quality of attention
Notice what enters your awareness from moment to moment. Does it merely promote and support some worn-out agenda, or is it a genuine experience of life?
The...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-29-2024, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,908
April 29: It is time to clear the air and be...
April 29: It is time to clear the air and be honest about your mistakes and shortcomings. Put the times of shame behind you for the last time so that you can forge ahead as a true child of God. There...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2024, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,642
April 29
Lessons from Pain
The will of...
April 29
Lessons from Pain
The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.
~Anonymous
Today we are living free from compulsions and addictions, but that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2024, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,544
April 29
Make it happen
You can...
April 29
Make it happen
You can actually get this done. Start where you are, and keep going.
Don’t be too concerned with whether it’s easy or hard, complicated or simple. Just determine what...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-28-2024, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 634
What Brings Us Here
Our difficulty that all of us have is not what any of us think it is when we all arrive here at recovery, but has brought all of us to recovery even without any of us even knowing what this is, it...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-28-2024, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,908
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2024, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,898
May 8
Daily Reflections
A RESTING PLACE...
May 8
Daily Reflections
A RESTING PLACE
All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural
desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego
deflation, few Steps...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2024, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,898
May 7
Daily Reflections
RESPECT FOR...
May 7
Daily Reflections
RESPECT FOR OTHERS
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be
unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2024, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,898
May 6
Daily Reflections
"HOLD BACK...
May 6
Daily Reflections
"HOLD BACK NOTHING"
The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to
confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you
you share your first...
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