Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
Today, 09:54 AM
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The Common Ground
Being in Recovery has an admission price that we all have to pay, or won't be willing to pay. The choice is always ours to make, and has been left up to each of us to make for ourselves. It's our own...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 13
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September 12
Holding on and letting go
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September 12
Holding on and letting go
We had a great deal of tenacity, except that we were holding on to destructive behaviors and attitudes: resentments and self-pity, drugs and other bad...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 12
Inspiration and humility
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September 12
Inspiration and humility
Work yourself into a heated state of inspiration. Then splash yourself with the chilled water of humility.
Yes, you can dream big and you can make...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-11-2024, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 623
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-11-2024, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 11
Owning Your Recovery Patchwork ...
September 11
Owning Your Recovery Patchwork
It's essential, as individuals, that we truly believe that our chosen recovery pathway and patchwork is the very best one for us. If we don't, we’ll...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-11-2024, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 11
Wondrous reality
Nothing...
September 11
Wondrous reality
Nothing can fully substitute for firsthand experience. Nothing can equal the value of face to face interaction.
It can be less time consuming and more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-10-2024, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 10
Victory is won not in miles but...
September 10
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more.
~Louis L'Amour
How much fuller each day feels when we can be patient...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-10-2024, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 10
Value along the way
Speed...
September 10
Value along the way
Speed matters, but direction matters more. In most cases, getting there faster is not as important as getting there well.
The value embedded in your chosen...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-09-2024, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 9
Fed with the same food, hurt...
September 9
Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-09-2024, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 9
Intentional attention
What...
September 9
Intentional attention
What you’re paying attention to directly influences what you’re investing your life in. Could you be making more beneficial investments?
Attention uses...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-08-2024, 10:25 AM
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What We're All Drawn To
Recovery is not the usual success story that we've all become accustomed to of living happily ever after. On the contrary, what we're all drawn to seems to be just opposite to this. It's not that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-08-2024, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 8
When I look back on all these...
September 8
When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.
...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-07-2024, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 7
AA Thought for the Day
On a...
September 7
AA Thought for the Day
On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don’t stop to think that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-07-2024, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 7
People will notice
It would...
September 7
People will notice
It would be great if the values that you treasure were widely supported and encouraged by others. Yet even if very few other people share your values, you can...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-06-2024, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 6
Who forces time is pushed back...
September 6
Who forces time is pushed back by time; who yields to time finds time on his side.
~The Talmud
We are impatient for results. Upon entering a program of recovery, going without a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-06-2024, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 6
Vigorous supporter
What can...
September 6
Vigorous supporter
What can stop you most effectively is you. What can stop you most routinely is you.
Fortunately you don’t have to let that happen. You have control over your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-05-2024, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 5
We are giving birth to...
September 5
We are giving birth to ourselves. Let's be midwives to one another through this difficult, yet exhilarating, process.
~Dudley Martineau
Helping each other survive the traumas of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-05-2024, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 5
Upward spiral
Take the...
September 5
Upward spiral
Take the world as it is and add the value of your effort and love to it. Embrace the moment when it comes and give meaning to it.
Accept what exists and serve as...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-04-2024, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-04-2024, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 4
It is not true that life is one...
September 4
It is not true that life is one **** thing after another - it is one **** thing over and over.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
If there's one thing you can say for addicted people, it's...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-03-2024, 09:58 AM
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Some Of The Differences
There's something different about being here in recovery that we're all aware of when we all first get here. It's so obvious that we all can sense it, but whatever this is, none of us are sure at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-03-2024, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 13
Daily Reflections
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September 13
Daily Reflections
REPAIRING THE DAMAGE
Good judgment, careful sense of timing, courage and prudence -
these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.
TWELVE...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-03-2024, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 12
Daily Reflections
I AM...
September 12
Daily Reflections
I AM RESPONSIBLE
For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to
take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-03-2024, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 3
The First Hour
Every...
September 3
The First Hour
Every recovery from addiction begins with one clean and sober hour.
~Anonymous
It is amazing to watch a television program and see how the most complicated life...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-02-2024, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
September 2
To be able to fill leisure...
September 2
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.
~Arnold Toynbee
Some of us have a lot of time to devote to things other than work. If we allow our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-02-2024, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
September 2
Positive impact on time
Are...
September 2
Positive impact on time
Are you merely filling time? Or are you working to exchange your time as it passes for results that last?
Look ahead at the time that’s approaching....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
Happy New Month September Prayer.
O Lord...
Happy New Month September Prayer.
O Lord Jesus, Thank You for this brand new month to know You more and serve You more! We are excited for what lies ahead, this new beginning of a new month....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 11
Daily Reflections
MAKING...
September 11
Daily Reflections
MAKING AMENDS
Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not
delaying because we are afraid.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 87
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 10
Daily Reflections
RECOVERY...
September 10
Daily Reflections
RECOVERY BY PROXY?
They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS p. 84
Sometimes I think: "Making these amends is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 9
Daily Reflections
OPENING...
September 9
Daily Reflections
OPENING NEW DOORS
They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly,
sometimes slowly.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 8
Daily Reflections
"WE ASKED...
September 8
Daily Reflections
"WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION"
We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59
I could not manage life alone. I had tried...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2024, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 824
Today's Thought - September
September 1
People just want to know that they matter.
~Oprah Winfrey
In recovery, we do service work. Service work should not just be seen as helping the still-suffering addict, though we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-31-2024, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
August 31
Why do I feel so lonely all the...
August 31
Why do I feel so lonely all the time? I just can't figure it out.
~LaVonne D.
Loneliness is part of the human condition, and it really doesn't have a lot to do with whether we’re...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-31-2024, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
Daily Motivator - September
September 1
One of those days
Is today really one of those days when nothing goes your way, when not much gets done? Or is that just what you’re telling yourself?
In fact, it’s not the day...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-31-2024, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,821
August 31
Bring your best
Do you ever...
August 31
Bring your best
Do you ever find yourself, while in the middle of an activity, wanting to get it over with as soon as possible? Do you then move on to whatever is next and find...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
08-30-2024, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 157
The Experts
There are no guru's. No one person that's in charge, or anyone for us to put on a pedestal as being better than the rest of us. In an absolute sense there are no experts here in recovery, only those...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-30-2024, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
August 30
Moving Forward
Much as we...
August 30
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 have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-30-2024, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,821
August 30
Strength rises up
Cheap...
August 30
Strength rises up
Cheap thrills cannot take the place of deep, abiding purpose. Discrete transactions are a poor substitute for enduring relationships.
The opportunities that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-29-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-29-2024, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,821
August 29
Live the peace
Step away from...
August 29
Live the peace
Step away from the noise and the drama. Take a deep, refreshing breath, and allow peace to fill your awareness.
Much of what you’re normally forced to notice is not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2024, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 7
Daily Reflections
"OUR SIDE...
September 7
Daily Reflections
"OUR SIDE OF THE STREET"
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2024, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 6
Daily Reflections
REMOVING...
September 6
Daily Reflections
REMOVING THREATS TO SOBRIETY
. . . . except when to do so would injure them or others. . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 59
Step Nine restores in me a feeling...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2024, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,406
September 5
Daily Reflections
EMOTIONAL...
September 5
Daily Reflections
EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible,. . . . .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 83
When I survey my drinking days, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2024, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
August 28
Let's place principles above...
August 28
Let's place principles above personalities.
We don't like everyone. Even the people we place on pedestals don't like everyone. But whom we like or dislike matters less than our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2024, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,821
August 28
Stop short of overthinking
...
August 28
Stop short of overthinking
Think about the questions and dilemmas that confront you, but be careful not to overthink. If you think too much you might think yourself right on past the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-27-2024, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
August 27
Reflection for the Day
If we...
August 27
Reflection for the Day
If we don't want to slip, we'll avoid slippery places. For the addict, that means avoiding people who used to provide substances; for the alcoholic, that means...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-27-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,821
August 27
Your actions
Every action has...
August 27
Your actions
Every action has consequences. To improve your consequences, adjust your actions.
Sometimes it’s obvious what results your actions will cause. Other times, it can be...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
08-26-2024, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,019
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-26-2024, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,314
August 26
Building a Framework for Recovery ...
August 26
Building a Framework for Recovery
As I've changed, so has my support system. It's about what and who is helping me grow. I didn't use around my family members, so they didn't see the...
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