Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2023, 06:41 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 31
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AA Thought for the Day
December 31
Gratitude
One way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious
contact with God is to maintain a grateful attitude. On the days
when I am...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-30-2023, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 30
Reaching For Humility
We saw we needn't always be bludgeoned and beaten into humility.
It could come quite as much from our voluntary reaching for it as...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-29-2023, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 29
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AA Thought for the Day
December 29
Sobriety
God willing, we members of A.A. may never again have to deal
with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day. How
do we do it? By...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-28-2023, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 28
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AA Thought for the Day
December 28
Inspiration
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with
God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-27-2023, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 27
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AA Thought for the Day
December 27
Unthinking
The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others.
Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-26-2023, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 26
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AA Thought for the Day
December 26
Continue For Our Lifetime
This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to
take personal inventory and continue to set right any new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-25-2023, 02:45 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 25
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AA Thought for the Day
December 25
Utopia
Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us,
or we perish. Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia.
We have it with us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-24-2023, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 24
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AA Thought for the Day
December 24
Never Again!
"Personally, I take the attitude that I intend never to drink again. This is
somewhat different from saying, 'I will never drink again.' The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-23-2023, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 23
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AA Thought for the Day
December 23
Strangely Insane
You may think our illustration is too ridiculous. But is it? We, who
have been through the wringer, have to admit if we substituted...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-22-2023, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 22
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AA Thought for the Day
December 22
Accurate Self-Appraisal
Must A.A.'s spend most of their waking hours drearily rehashing their sins
of omission or commission? Well, hardly. The emphasis...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-21-2023, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 21
A...
AA Thought for the Day
December 21
A Thunderbolt
Our friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God,
He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!’’ But later, alone in his...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-20-2023, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 20
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AA Thought for the Day
December 20
Accurate Unsparing Survey
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood
with all men and women, of whatever description, is a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-19-2023, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 19
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AA Thought for the Day
December 19
Troubles
Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an
honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs,"...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-18-2023, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 18
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AA Thought for the Day
December 18
Social Occasions
So our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking,
if we have a legitimate reason for being there. . .
Go or stay away,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-17-2023, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 17
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AA Thought for the Day
December 17
Simple Program
In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we
understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic. Many...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-16-2023, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 16
Cope...
AA Thought for the Day
December 16
Cope With Life
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there
is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-15-2023, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 15
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AA Thought for the Day
December 15
Unity
The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality
our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely
upon it. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-14-2023, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 14
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AA Thought for the Day
December 14
Practicing Alcoholics
Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational
they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-13-2023, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 13
The...
AA Thought for the Day
December 13
The Acid Test
We are certain that our intelligence, backed by willpower, can rightly control
our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world we live...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-12-2023, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 12
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AA Thought for the Day
December 12
Meditation and Prayer
Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results
followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2023, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 11
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AA Thought for the Day
December 11
Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair
As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad
realm, the chilling vapor that is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-10-2023, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 10
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AA Thought for the Day
December 10
Resentment
Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than
anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-09-2023, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 9
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AA Thought for the Day
December 9
Amends
We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing
worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2023, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 8
Admit...
AA Thought for the Day
December 8
Admit Complete Defeat
Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of
the facts of A.A. life. The principle that we shall find no enduring...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-07-2023, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 7
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AA Thought for the Day
December 7
Happiness
These men had found something brand new in life. Though they
knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober,
that motive became...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-06-2023, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
December 6
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
December 6
Step Three
Many of us said to our Maker, we understood Him:
"God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.
Relieve me of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-05-2023, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 5
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AA Thought for the Day
December 5
Blessings Received
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of
things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither
fear nor...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-04-2023, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 4
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AA Thought for the Day
December 4
Unreasonable Demands
We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we
love. We can show kindness where we had shown none. With those
we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-03-2023, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 3
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
December 3
Step Six
We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable.
Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things
which we have admitted are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-02-2023, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thought for the Day
December 2
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AA Thought for the Day
December 2
Easier Methods
Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts
about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-01-2023, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,581
AA Thoughts For Today - December
AA Thought for the Day
December 1
Practicing Step Three
Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all
appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and...
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