Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-26-2022, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 51
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December 26
Quote of the Week
"It is a...
December 26
Quote of the Week
"It is a pity we can’t forget our troubles the same way we forget our blessings."
I used to wake up reviewing all the bad things in my life. To start with, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-19-2022, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
December 19
Quote of the Week
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December 19
Quote of the Week
"Alcoholism . . . cunning, baffling, powerful."
The other night, my wife and I decided to take in some holiday cheer by having dinner at a very exclusive...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-12-2022, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
December 12
Quote of the Week
"I want...
December 12
Quote of the Week
"I want my Higher Power to live in my heart full time, but He’ll only take a twenty-four-hour lease."
It’s amazing how good I feel when I get connected to my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-06-2022, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
December 5
Quote of the Week
"If I...
December 5
Quote of the Week
"If I keep doing what I was doing, I’ll keep getting what I was getting."
I remember when I was new to recovery I was very willing to follow direction. I went...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-28-2022, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
November 28
Quote of the Week
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November 28
Quote of the Week
"Everything I have is the property of A.A."
When I heard someone share this from the podium in a meeting one day, I was struck with an immense feeling of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-21-2022, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
November 21
Quote of the Week
"There...
November 21
Quote of the Week
"There are some days when I say, ‘What program? God who?'"
Last week my business website was hacked, my site was taken down, and my account was suspended. For...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-14-2022, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
November 14
Quote of the Week
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November 14
Quote of the Week
"Gratitude is the shortest path between me and God."
I used to take everything in my life for granted. At the height of my “big-shot-ism,” I had a lot of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-07-2022, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
November 7
Quote of the Week
"God...
November 7
Quote of the Week
"God cannot do for you what He cannot do through you."
I used to have the God thing all mixed up. My conception of God was that if I was good and behaved...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-31-2022, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
October 31
Quote of the Week
"Does it...
October 31
Quote of the Week
"Does it feel sober?"
When I first got sober, the only thing that changed for me was that I no longer drank. Most everything else, though, remained the same. I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-24-2022, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
October 24
Quote of the Week
"If I’m...
October 24
Quote of the Week
"If I’m okay with me, I have no need to make you wrong."
One of the biggest gifts I’ve been given in recovery is the ability to pause when I’m feeling anxious,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-17-2022, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
October 17
Quote of the Week
"If God...
October 17
Quote of the Week
"If God had made today perfect, there would be no tomorrow."
As an alcoholic, I have a lot of black-and-white thinking. Things are either all right or they are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-10-2022, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
October 10
Quote of the Week
"Am I...
October 10
Quote of the Week
"Am I interfering in the experience God wants others to have?"
Before I entered our sister program of Al-Anon, I always thought I knew what was best for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-03-2022, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
October 3
Quote of the Week
"Take the...
October 3
Quote of the Week
"Take the mess to your sponsor, take the message to the meeting."
A friend in recovery shared something once that I’ve never forgotten. He was newly married and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-26-2022, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
September 26
Quote of the Week
"The...
September 26
Quote of the Week
"The only thing worse than my problems are my solutions to them."
I used to think I had all the answers when I was drinking, so I couldn’t understand why my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-19-2022, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
September 19
Quote of the Week
"Prayer...
September 19
Quote of the Week
"Prayer might not change things for you, but it changes you for things."
One of the things I love about the program of recovery are God shots. God shots are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-12-2022, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
September 12
Quote of the Week
"We...
September 12
Quote of the Week
"We never know the difference between a tragedy and a blessing."
When I got sober, I thought it was the worst tragedy ever. First, I thought, I could never...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-05-2022, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
September 5
Quote of the Week
"If...
September 5
Quote of the Week
"If you’re looking for an easier, softer way, there are no other directions."
In the past, there was only one way to do things—my way. I was convinced I had...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-29-2022, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
August 29
Quote of the Week
"Don’t...
August 29
Quote of the Week
"Don’t take yourself so **** seriously!"
When I came into the program, everything was a big deal, and I was very serious. My finances, my future, and my wrecked...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-22-2022, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
August 22
Quote of the Week
"Pain is...
August 22
Quote of the Week
"Pain is necessary; misery is optional."
For years, I used alcohol to try to avoid the pain in my life. Whether it was emotional pain caused by relationships,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-15-2022, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
August 15
Quote of the Week
"I usually...
August 15
Quote of the Week
"I usually want justice only for myself."
When I was new in the program, I was filled with self-pity and resentful at how unfair life was. I pointed fingers at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-08-2022, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
August 8
Quote of the Week
"I’m glad...
August 8
Quote of the Week
"I’m glad that what’s going on in my head isn’t happening in my life."
I don’t know why, but my perception of my life is always different—and worse—than the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-01-2022, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
August 1
Quote of the Week
"Faith is...
August 1
Quote of the Week
"Faith is spelled a-c-t-i-o-n."
I did a lot of thinking when I was drinking. I’d think about how bad my life was and how things weren’t going to get any better....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-25-2022, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
July 25
Quote of the Week
"I wanted to...
July 25
Quote of the Week
"I wanted to be famous, but God made me anonymous."
I had some pretty big plans when I entered the program. Even though my sponsor told me it wasn’t about money,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-18-2022, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
July 18
Quote of the Week
"Even God...
July 18
Quote of the Week
"Even God can’t fill a cup that’s already full."
I had a lot of opinions before I got sober. I knew why I didn’t have stable employment, and it was always because...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-11-2022, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
July 11
Quote of the Week
"Try...
July 11
Quote of the Week
"Try praying. Nothing pleases God more than hearing a strange voice."
This quote hit me on several levels. First, it reminded me of how often I forget to use one...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2022, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
July 4
Quote of the Week
"How do you...
July 4
Quote of the Week
"How do you know when you’ve hit bottom? When you stop digging."
For years, I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-27-2022, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
June 27
Quote of the Week
"Bring the...
June 27
Quote of the Week
"Bring the body, the mind will follow."
This is a quote I heard early on in my recovery, and it has served me well over the years. Over and over again, when I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-20-2022, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
June 20
Quote of the Week
"When I feed...
June 20
Quote of the Week
"When I feed the problem, it grows; when I feed the solution, it grows."
In the program, I learned I have a magic-magnifying mind. I discovered that I tend to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2022, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
June 13
Quote of the Week
"Half...
June 13
Quote of the Week
"Half measures do avail us something—it’s just the half we don’t want."
Before sobriety, I was a master of “half measuring” in my life, and what I got was the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-06-2022, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
June 6
Quote of the Week
"We may be...
June 6
Quote of the Week
"We may be powerless, but we’re not helpless."
Accepting that I was powerless over people, places, and things was a concept I rebelled against on almost every...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-30-2022, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
May 30
Quote of the Week
"Alcoholism...
May 30
Quote of the Week
"Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer."
I never thought of myself as an alcoholic. My idea of an alcoholic was a bum living in the gutter downtown, or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-23-2022, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
May 23
Quote of the Week
"Things might...
May 23
Quote of the Week
"Things might not get better for me, but I can get better despite things."
When I was a newcomer, I was convinced that because I was now sober, things in my life...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-16-2022, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
May 16
Quote of the Week
"No’ is a...
May 16
Quote of the Week
"No’ is a complete sentence."
Having been raised in an alcoholic home, I didn’t learn much about boundaries. My mother, an untreated Al-Anon, scurried about the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-09-2022, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
May 9
Quote of the Week
"No God, no...
May 9
Quote of the Week
"No God, no peace. Know God, know peace."
Lately, I’ve been having a rough time with my business. So many companies have tightened their budgets because of the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2022, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
May 2
Quote of the Week
"Let it begin...
May 2
Quote of the Week
"Let it begin with me."
At my morning meditation meeting, a newcomer has a commitment to clean the room before the meeting starts. That’s great. The problem is that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2022, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
April 25
Quote of the Week
"The longer...
April 25
Quote of the Week
"The longer I’m sober, the drunker I was."
Denial is an amazing thing. When I first entered the program, I had no intention of staying sober longer than a few...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-18-2022, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
April 18
Quote of the Week
"Keep the...
April 18
Quote of the Week
"Keep the broom on your side of the street."
It is so easy for me to point my finger and judge. “He’s not open-minded enough,” “She should stop telling people...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-11-2022, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
April 11
Quote of the Week
"Honesty...
April 11
Quote of the Week
"Honesty without compassion is hostility."
Before recovery, I had a lot of resentments I was unaware of, and the burden of these buried feelings was heavy. They...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-04-2022, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
April 4
Quote of the Week
"My recovery...
April 4
Quote of the Week
"My recovery changed when I forever gave up the hope of having a different past."
I have spent a lot of time thinking about my past—alternately feeling sorry for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-28-2022, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
March 28
Quote of the Week
"The ‘why’...
March 28
Quote of the Week
"The ‘why’ questions keep us in the problem."
In recovery, I have learned that the “why” questions always keep me in the problem—questions like, “Why did that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-21-2022, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
March 21
Quote of the Week
"Keep it...
March 21
Quote of the Week
"Keep it green so that you don’t forget where you came from."
I used to have an amazing ability to recover from a night’s—or a weekend’s—worth of debauchery....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-14-2022, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
March 14
Quote of the Week
"Is this...
March 14
Quote of the Week
"Is this going to help me stay sober, or help me get drunk?"
When I was a newcomer I asked my sponsor if I could still hang out with my drinking buddies at the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-07-2022, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
March 7
Quote of the Week
"When I...
March 7
Quote of the Week
"When I entered recovery, I was dropped into the landscape of Grace."
My life used to be a living hell. Driven by an obsessive mind and a disease that wanted me...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-28-2022, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
February 28
Quote of the Week
"It will...
February 28
Quote of the Week
"It will take me at least as long to get out of this mess as it did to get into it."
I drank like an alcoholic from the first time I took a drink. I didn’t...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-21-2022, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
February 21
Quote of the Week
"Try not...
February 21
Quote of the Week
"Try not to place conditions on your sobriety."
The first time in the program, I had a lot of conditions on whether I was going to stay sober or not. First of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-14-2022, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
February 14
Quote of the Week
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February 14
Quote of the Week
"Feelings are not facts."
Early sobriety was extremely uncomfortable. A universe of feelings greeted me each morning when I woke up, and I laid in bed and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-07-2022, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
February 7
Quote of the Week
"I have...
February 7
Quote of the Week
"I have to change what I want, to get what I want."
When I was new in the program, my sponsor suggested that I make a list of all the things I wanted and hoped...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-31-2022, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
January 31
Quote of the Week
"Putting...
January 31
Quote of the Week
"Putting down the drink was the easy part. Change is the hard part."
I used to say that stopping drinking was easy; I did it hundreds of times. After a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-24-2022, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
January 24
Quote of the Week
"Live...
January 24
Quote of the Week
"Live life today as though you knew you were dying."
We’ve all heard sayings like this before, and for many years my reaction was, “Yeah, but it’s not my last...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-17-2022, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,133
January 17
Quote of the Week
"If you...
January 17
Quote of the Week
"If you are bored in the program, then you’re boring."
I remember when I entered the program, I thought my life was over. No more parties, nightclubs, or wild,...
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