Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-28-2018, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 28
When you do all the talking you...
February 28
When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know.
--Anonymous
One of the secrets for finding answers to any emotional problem is to talk with fellow members we can...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-27-2018, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 27
All animals except man know that...
February 27
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
--Samuel Butler
If we take time to watch animals, we see that they have a zest for life that seems to engage...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-26-2018, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 26
I wasn't exactly brought up in...
February 26
I wasn't exactly brought up in one of those Norman Rockwell paintings you used to see on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
--Reggie Jackson
We have many myths about other...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-25-2018, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 25
The most wasted day of all is...
February 25
The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
--Sebastien R. N. Chamfort
When we first started going to Twelve Step meetings we were often stunned to hear so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-24-2018, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 24
Not only then has each man his...
February 24
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.
-- George MacDonald
Each of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-23-2018, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 23
The Ghost
There was a ghost...
February 23
The Ghost
There was a ghost living in our house when my youngest child was just a kid, hovering over every bit of his life as he was growing up. The ghost was a character in my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-22-2018, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 22
A problem can ultimately bring...
February 22
A problem can ultimately bring us a gift.
We start our relationship in excitement, hope, and good feelings, with perhaps a measure of fear mixed in. Our history is yet to evolve. A...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-21-2018, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 21
In this world everything changes...
February 21
In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadows follow the body.
--Ruth Benedict
Our identity, our being at any moment, is a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-20-2018, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 21
To err is human; to blame it on...
February 21
To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human.
--Bob Goddard
We are on a path that leads us to become better people with greater insight and stronger character....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-19-2018, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 19
I was talking to a friend about...
February 19
I was talking to a friend about something I didn't want to do but believed I needed to do anyway. I was dreading it and feeling irritable. Often when we talk like that, other people...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-18-2018, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 18
They are able because they think...
February 18
They are able because they think they are able.
--Virgil
For most of us, addiction was full of doubt. We stopped believing in ourselves. Our thoughts had turned to "stinkin'...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-17-2018, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 17
A.A. Thought for the Day
We...
February 17
A.A. Thought for the Day
We in A.A. must remember that we are offering something intangible. We are offering a psychological and spiritual program. We are not offering a medical...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-16-2018, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 16
Love itself is not an act of...
February 16
Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and pass along the love already here.
--Hugh Prather
The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-15-2018, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 15
To keep a lamp burning, we have...
February 15
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
--Mother Teresa
Our spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-14-2018, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 14
Love, the magician, knows this...
February 14
Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.
--Hugh Prather
Destiny has its own course in each of our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-13-2018, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 13
People-Pleasing
For some of...
February 13
People-Pleasing
For some of us, people-pleasing has become a way of getting our needs and wants met. But people-pleasing is manipulative and condescending. And it cheats us. When we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-12-2018, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 12
Moving Forward
Much as we...
February 12
Moving Forward
Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-11-2018, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 11
If you do not express your own...
February 11
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
--Rollo May
Those of us who go around trying to be right and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-10-2018, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 10
At 70, my dad is just like he...
February 10
At 70, my dad is just like he was at 35 - only more so. It's frightening that the same thing could happen to me.
--Jerry Z.
More of the same gets more of the same. What we were...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-09-2018, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 9
Our Higher Power is in charge.
...
February 9
Our Higher Power is in charge.
It's such a relief to give up our obsession to control, once we learn how. As we do to establish any new routine, we have to practice. In this case, we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-08-2018, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 8
Failure is impossible.
--Susan...
February 8
Failure is impossible.
--Susan B. Anthony
Failure is an attitude. Having an attitude of failure can't help us. It can only hurt us. If we're not careful, it can grow into a way of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-07-2018, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 7
The seed of God is in us. Pear...
February 7
The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.
--Meister Eckhart
Often we may feel critical and judgmental about our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-06-2018, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 6
There's one thing you can't give...
February 6
There's one thing you can't give away. You can't give away a smile. It always comes back to you.
--Violet Hensley
We have had years of experience with the results of smiling. How...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-05-2018, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 5
Every day is a different day. You...
February 5
Every day is a different day. You never know what it will bring. That's the exciting thing about getting up every morning.
--Alpha English
No doubt we have all hit spells when we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-04-2018, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 4
In real love you want the other...
February 4
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person.
--Margaret Anderson
The expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-03-2018, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 3
I'm slipping when I begin to...
February 3
I'm slipping when I begin to dislike the company and conversation of the Program.
--Anonymous
There is a reason why a lamb gets separated from a flock. The flock will be eating on a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-02-2018, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
February 2
Goodwill
Looking at other...
February 2
Goodwill
Looking at other people with jealousy, envy, and mean and bitter thoughts isn't new to our world. The concept of giving other people the evil eye has been around for a long...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2018, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,963
Today's Thought - February
February 1
Reflection for the Day
Before I came to The Program, I hadn't the faintest idea of what it was to "Live In The Now." I often became obsessed with the things that happened yesterday,...
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