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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-31-2014, 06:29 AM
Replies: 31
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October 31 SERVICE “Service is the rent...

October 31

SERVICE

“Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.”"
Shirley Chisholm


Midway through my first fourth step someone asked me to sponsor her. I was thrilled and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-30-2014, 07:43 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 30 Truth “The truth that makes...

October 30

Truth

“The truth that makes men free is for the most part
the truth which men prefer not to hear.”
Herbert Agar


I spent thirty-five years of my adult life running from the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-29-2014, 07:53 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 29 Trial and Error “Anything...

October 29

Trial and Error

“Anything worth doing at all is worth doing poorly.”
Joachim de Posada


Imagine my shock the first time I heard this statement, which happened to be in a Twelve...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-28-2014, 08:37 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 28 Home “My home is not a...

October 28

Home

“My home is not a place, it is people.”
Lois McMaster Bujold


I’ve spent most of my adult life feeling very alone in the world. My disease of compulsive overeating...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-27-2014, 07:43 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 27 Living in the Present “As...

October 27

Living in the Present

“As long as you are seeking to find happiness somewhere,
you are overlooking where true happiness is.”
Gangaji


Happiness is always somewhere else, isn’t...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-26-2014, 06:32 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 26 Paths “I shall be telling...

October 26

Paths

“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-25-2014, 06:29 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 24 Courage “If you're going...

October 24

Courage

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill


Recovery work takes great courage. Everyone who tells you differently has not explored themselves in great...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-24-2014, 07:35 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 24 FEAR “Fear is not created by...

October 24

FEAR

“Fear is not created by the world around us,
but in the mind, by what we think is going to happen.”

Elizabeth Gawain
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-23-2014, 06:50 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 23 Pain “People are taught that...

October 23

Pain

“People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous ...
Pain is meant to wake us up ...
You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”

Jim Morrison
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-22-2014, 07:56 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 22 Scars “Dwelling on the...

October 22

Scars

“Dwelling on the negative
simply contributes to its power.”
Shirley MacLaine


I’ve lived most of my life filled with bitterness towards people, God and myself. My mind,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-21-2014, 05:59 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 21 Ready “If we wait for the...

October 21

Ready

“If we wait for the moment when everything,
absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”

Ivan Turgenev
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-20-2014, 07:25 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 20 Limitations “You cannot help...

October 20

Limitations

“You cannot help men permanently
by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

Abraham Lincoln
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-19-2014, 06:58 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 19 Live and Let Live “If I knew...

October 19

Live and Let Live

“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house
with the conscious design of doing me good,
I should run for my life.”

Henry David Thoreau
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-18-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 18 Looking for Love “The most...

October 18

Looking for Love

“The most important thing in life
is to learn how to give out love,
and to let it come in.”

Morrie Schwartz
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-17-2014, 07:23 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 17 Self-sabotage “The truth is...

October 17

Self-sabotage

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur
when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled.
For it is only in such moments,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-16-2014, 07:26 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 16 Fellowship “When we honestly...

October 16

Fellowship

“When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we
often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-15-2014, 07:19 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 15 Learning New Ideas “I can't...

October 15

Learning New Ideas

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I'm frightened of the old ones.”
John Cage


When I look back upon my life before I heard of food...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-14-2014, 06:31 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 14 Patience “Patience and...

October 14

Patience

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect
before which difficulties and obstacles vanish.”
John Quincy Adams


When I first walked through the meeting doors, I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-13-2014, 07:35 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 13 HONESTY “Honesty is the...

October 13

HONESTY

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.”

Thomas Jefferson


Throughout my ups and downs in life and in working the Steps, I have discovered the importance...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-12-2014, 07:29 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 12 GRIEF “To spare oneself from...

October 12

GRIEF

“To spare oneself from grief at all cost
can be achieved only at the price of a total detachment,
which excludes the ability to experience happiness.”

Erich Fromm
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-11-2014, 07:35 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 11 FAITH ”Faith is not belief....

October 11

FAITH

”Faith is not belief. Belief is passive.
Faith is active.”
Edith Hamilton


I always believed that God could relieve my suffering if He chose; however, I was overlooking...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-10-2014, 06:41 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 10 TOLERANCE “I have learned...

October 10

TOLERANCE

“I have learned silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant, and kindness
from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful
to those teachers.”

Khalil...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-09-2014, 05:54 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 9 BALANCE SHEET “It is amazing...

October 9

BALANCE SHEET

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if
you do not care who gets the credit.”
Harry S. Truman


Before I came to OA, I kept an emotional account of all my...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-08-2014, 07:26 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 8 WISDOM “Rarely have we seen a...

October 8

WISDOM

“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.
Those who do not recover are people who cannot
or will not completely give themselves to this simple...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-06-2014, 09:59 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 7 WISDOM “Wisdom ceases to be...

October 7

WISDOM

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom
when it becomes too proud to weep,
too grave to laugh,
and too selfish to seek other than itself.”

Kahlil Gibran
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-06-2014, 06:44 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 6 LONGINGS “The great question...

October 6

LONGINGS

“The great question - which I have not been able
to answer - is, 'What does a woman want?'”
Sigmund Freud


All my life I have been searching for what I “really want”....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-05-2014, 06:18 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 5 HABITS ”A habit cannot be...

October 5

HABITS

”A habit cannot be tossed out the window;
it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.”
Mark Twain
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-04-2014, 06:57 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 4 SHAME ”It is not the criminal...

October 4

SHAME

”It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess,
but the ridiculous and the shameful.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau


I had a very strange childhood filled with lots...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-03-2014, 07:09 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 3 TRUTH "The truth will set you...

October 3

TRUTH

"The truth will set you free,
but first it will make you miserable."
James A. Garfield


After years of therapy, I thought I knew myself fairly well. I prided myself on my...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-02-2014, 07:27 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
October 2 COMPULSIONS “All human...

October 2

COMPULSIONS

“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes:
chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire.”
Aristotle


When I was eating compulsively, it...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-01-2014, 06:22 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,965
Posted By yukonm
One Day At A Time - October

October 1

The Fear of Failure

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;
it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
Seneca


I was full of excuses: “I can’t...
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