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08-31-2023, 06:29 AM
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August 31 Storytelling is giving shape to...
August 31
Storytelling is giving shape to the amorphous chaos of life.
~Anonymous
When we put words to what has happened to us, we can begin to learn from our experience. We carry images...
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08-30-2023, 06:26 AM
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August 30 There is no greater joy than to...
August 30
There is no greater joy than to see my baby's face break out in a smile. It reminds me of the significance we have in each other's lives.
~Mary Larson
We have heard, over and over,...
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08-29-2023, 06:06 AM
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August 29 A Selfish Program A person...
August 29
A Selfish Program
A person shows their true self by how much they need other people.
~Anonymous
What giving we have discovered in our fellowship! From the very first meeting, we...
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08-28-2023, 05:28 AM
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August 28 For nothing can be sole or whole ...
August 28
For nothing can be sole or whole
That has not been rent.
~W.B. Yeats
The power of Step Five is its ability to shatter our secrets. Once we share our inventory with another person,...
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08-27-2023, 06:46 AM
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August 27 Progress, not perfection. ...
August 27
Progress, not perfection.
~Alcoholics Anonymous Slogan
We don't expect our lives to be perfect. We don't expect ourselves to be perfect. We just want to stop the insanity of...
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08-26-2023, 05:47 AM
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August 26 Every mountain and hill shall be...
August 26
Every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
~From Isaiah 40:4
Recovery can be compared to climbing a hill. And as...
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08-25-2023, 06:42 AM
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August 25 I've learned that the more...
August 25
I've learned that the more vulnerable I allow myself to be, the more in control of myself I really am.
~Anonymous
Many of us feel that we can only show our strong, confident side....
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08-24-2023, 05:45 AM
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August 24 And don't just ask for one mercy....
August 24
And don't just ask for one mercy. Let them flood in.
~Rumi
Perhaps we've allowed feelings of disappointment or discouragement to take root in us. We may have decided to settle for...
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08-23-2023, 06:57 AM
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August 23 "First things first" is a simple...
August 23
"First things first" is a simple slogan we can use to determine our priorities.
There is always a sensible order for handling whatever we need to do today. Obsessing about all our...
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08-22-2023, 05:31 AM
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August 22 Reflection for the Day We've...
August 22
Reflection for the Day
We've been our own worst enemies most of our lives, and we've often injured ourselves seriously as a result of a "justified" resentment over a slight wrong....
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08-21-2023, 06:41 AM
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August 21 Accept Life as It Comes ...
August 21
Accept Life as It Comes
Acceptance is a big part of my recovery. It's given me peace. When I don't accept things, I hold on to this perception of the what if?
Today when I accept...
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08-20-2023, 06:37 AM
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August 20 Using the phone There are...
August 20
Using the phone
There are times when it seems that nothing can stop us from reaching for that first fix, pill, or drink. At times like these, it helps to reach for the phone.
...
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08-19-2023, 06:41 AM
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August 19 Having spent the better part of my...
August 19
Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives, I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace.
...
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08-18-2023, 05:52 AM
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August 18 Connecting to Compassion In...
August 18
Connecting to Compassion
In her book Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating, my friend Ann Saffi Biasetti offers an amazing...
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08-17-2023, 06:15 AM
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August 17 Smooth seas do not make skillful...
August 17
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
~African proverb
Only by meeting many different conditions and being challenged by problems do we develop great skill in dealing with...
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08-16-2023, 06:16 AM
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August 16 AA Thought for the Day ...
August 16
AA Thought for the Day
"Unless we discuss our defects with another person, we do not acquire enough humility, fearlessness, and honesty to really get the program. We must be entirely...
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08-15-2023, 06:51 AM
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August 15 The baby learning to walk falls a...
August 15
The baby learning to walk falls a lot.
~Kathleen Rowe
We are developing new attitudes, new behaviors, new patterns for nearly every activity in our lives. We can't be expected to...
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08-14-2023, 06:42 AM
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August 14 Today Is the Now I've shut...
August 14
Today Is the Now
I've shut the door on yesterday
And thrown the key away.
Tomorrow holds no fears for me
Since I have found today.
~Vivian Y. Laramore
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08-13-2023, 07:20 AM
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August 13 So live that you wouldn't be...
August 13
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
~Will Rogers
It is a challenge to live in the present, but Step Ten gives us a way to do just...
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08-12-2023, 05:34 AM
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August 12 I've looked inside both good and...
August 12
I've looked inside both good and bad, evil and righteousness, and have seen hope and felt fear.
~Erik Johnson
A friend in recovery, taken from us before his time, wrote this...
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08-11-2023, 06:44 AM
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August 11 Meditation is a mental discipline...
August 11
Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.
~Max Picard
The logic is simple enough: If your plate is full, stop piling on more. When we...
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08-10-2023, 05:51 AM
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August 10 Relationship Martyrs Many of...
August 10
Relationship Martyrs
Many of us have gone so numb and discounted our feelings so completely that we have gotten out of touch with our needs in relationships.
We can learn to...
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08-09-2023, 06:17 AM
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August 9 To enjoy freedom we have to control...
August 9
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
~Virginia Woolf
We've thrown off many oppressions in the process of embracing our particular identities and, for some of us, in...
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08-08-2023, 05:53 AM
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August 8 "… our lives had become...
August 8
"… our lives had become unmanageable."
The busyness of our lives keeps us believing that we are in control, that we are managing just fine. And no doubt there are some things we are...
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08-07-2023, 07:11 AM
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August 7 Reflection for the Day ...
August 7
Reflection for the Day
Sometimes through bitter experience and painful lessons, we learn in our fellowship with others in the program that resentment is our number one enemy. It...
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08-06-2023, 06:08 AM
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August 6 Hang On to Your Tokens It may...
August 6
Hang On to Your Tokens
It may sound corny, but when I got that first AA chip, I slept with it underneath my pillow - like I was waiting for the tooth fairy. Then, when I woke up in the...
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08-05-2023, 07:53 AM
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August 5 Accepting change In recovery,...
August 5
Accepting change
In recovery, we have much work to do and many lessons to learn as we mend our ways and relationships. Each time we change we grow stronger and freer.
But often we...
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08-04-2023, 06:05 AM
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August 4 Life Is Good in Recovery ...
August 4
Life Is Good in Recovery
Today, I like myself, almost all the time. I have healthy, happy people in my life; I keep the unhealthy ones whom I can't remove from my life on the...
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08-03-2023, 07:07 AM
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August 3 The most exhausting thing in life...
August 3
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Many of us grew up in situations that required us to be constantly on our guard. We became so keenly...
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08-02-2023, 06:09 AM
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August 2 The trouble with the rat race is...
August 2
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
~Lily Tomlin
Alcoholism is a rat race. Drug addiction is a rat race. We were always trying to keep one or...
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08-01-2023, 06:59 AM
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Today's Thought - August
August 1
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.
~Brendan Francis
There was a huge slide at the park and Jason was afraid to...
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