Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-31-2015, 06:25 AM
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July 31
I ask that You might help me work...
July 31
I ask that You might help me work through all my problems, to Your Glory and Honor.
--Alcoholics Anonymous
Many of us lived in situations where it wasn't okay to identify, have, or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-30-2015, 06:14 AM
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July 30
What would it be like if you lived...
July 30
What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-29-2015, 06:52 AM
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July 29
I am still amazed, after years of...
July 29
I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go.
--Anonymous
We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-28-2015, 06:38 AM
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July 28
Live big!
--Brady Michaels
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July 28
Live big!
--Brady Michaels
Sometimes, that's the best advice we can hear. Win or lose succeed or fail, go for it, and go all the way. As my flight instructor told me on the first day...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-27-2015, 07:45 AM
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July 27
We all carry it within us; supreme...
July 27
We all carry it within us; supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted and cannot be destroyed. But it is hidden deep, which is what makes life a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-26-2015, 04:38 AM
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July 26
It does make a difference what you...
July 26
It does make a difference what you call things.
--Kate Douglas Wiggin
Most of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools and poisons when they crop up and complain about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-25-2015, 07:18 AM
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July 25
But what is happiness except the...
July 25
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
--Albert Camus
Sometimes, we say we're getting our lives together. Together with what? With our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-24-2015, 05:47 AM
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July 24
No day is like any other day. Isn't...
July 24
No day is like any other day. Isn't that interesting? And you never know what the next day will bring, and that's exciting.
--Alpha English
Alpha has not lost her zest for life....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-23-2015, 06:57 AM
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July 23
Worry is a thin stream of fear...
July 23
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
--Arthur Somers Roche
A trickle of water that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-22-2015, 04:56 AM
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July 22
...alone in the company of our...
July 22
...alone in the company of our partner.
To be alone in the wilderness is less painful than to feel alone in the company of our partner. When we shut down in silence because we feel...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-21-2015, 04:48 AM
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July 21
Be not afraid of life. Believe that...
July 21
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
--William James
Many of us learned as children that rejection and abandonment are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-20-2015, 07:04 AM
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July 20
Trying to pray is praying. ...
July 20
Trying to pray is praying.
--Anonymous
"Oh, God, help me! If you get me out of this mess, I'll never screw up again." This was our favorite prayer before we entered the Program. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-18-2015, 07:28 AM
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July 19
In music, in the sea, in a flower,...
July 19
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
--Pablo Casals
The Third Step refers to "God as we understood...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-18-2015, 07:27 AM
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July 18
I shall tell you a great secret, my...
July 18
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day.
--Albert Camus
We live our program in one day portions - and our actions today...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-17-2015, 07:12 AM
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July 17
If one advances confidently in the...
July 17
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
--Henry David...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-16-2015, 07:18 AM
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July 16
The man who never alters his opinion...
July 16
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind.
-- William Blake
We seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-15-2015, 05:50 AM
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July 15
We are all travelers in the...
July 15
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
--Robert Louis Stevenson
Addiction destroyed many of our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-14-2015, 06:28 AM
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July 14
Daily Surrender - No Regrets
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July 14
Daily Surrender - No Regrets
This I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new. I no longer have that trampled look...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-13-2015, 07:11 AM
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July 13
Is there any stab as deep as...
July 13
Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved?
--Florida Scott Maxwell
Treating our loved ones as we hope to be treated is our assurance against...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-12-2015, 05:13 AM
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July 12
Why admitting we're wrong is right. ...
July 12
Why admitting we're wrong is right.
Sometimes it's painful or almost impossible to admit that we've been wrong. This means we'll probably go on making the same mistakes until we're...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-11-2015, 06:59 AM
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July 11
Counting our blessings
We have...
July 11
Counting our blessings
We have passed from death into life. We know that a powerful life force flows through us and a new and beautiful serenity is ours. What we once despised, we now...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-10-2015, 06:44 AM
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July 10
To give and to receive are one in...
July 10
To give and to receive are one in truth.
--A Course in Miracles
Giving our love away, honoring someone in need by giving our full attention, will usually bring kindness and concern in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-09-2015, 07:46 AM
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July 9
As one goes through life, one learns...
July 9
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
--Katharine Hepburn
Newcomer
I appreciate the fact that you remain friendly and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-08-2015, 06:14 AM
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July 8
Remember always that you have not...
July 8
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
When we were using alcohol and other drugs, we often thought...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2015, 06:37 AM
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July 7
Formula for failure; trying to please...
July 7
Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2015, 06:28 AM
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July 6
There is nothing permanent except...
July 6
There is nothing permanent except change.
--Heraclitus
Most of us don't like change very much. Getting sober is like stepping into a rushing river of change that will take us to new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2015, 06:54 AM
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July 5
Stop Fixing Others
Dear Higher...
July 5
Stop Fixing Others
Dear Higher Power,
When I am overly dependent on others, I try to fix them. I have a real talent in pinpointing what is wrong with other people. But the very thing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2015, 07:27 AM
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July 4
Celebrate your freedom
Today in...
July 4
Celebrate your freedom
Today in the United States; we celebrate our nation's independence. Why not take a moment to celebrate your independence as well? Whether you've found freedom from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-03-2015, 08:07 AM
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July 3
. . . I was taught that the way of...
July 3
. . . I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.
--Marie Curie
We are looking for progress, not perfection; however, we sometimes get lost or confused between the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-02-2015, 06:59 AM
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July 2
It is not because things are...
July 2
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
-- Seneca
When we reach a stressful time in our lives, our vision gets...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2015, 06:51 AM
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Today's Thought - July
July 1
Seeing the good.
The beauty of our souls shines in many ways. The greatest of these is love.
In the spirit of loving kindness, every day a little ugliness is removed; our perspective...
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