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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-30-2023, 06:26 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-29-2023, 06:06 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-28-2023, 05:28 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-27-2023, 06:46 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-26-2023, 05:47 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-25-2023, 06:42 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-24-2023, 05:45 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-23-2023, 06:57 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-22-2023, 05:31 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-21-2023, 06:41 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-20-2023, 06:37 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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.
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-19-2023, 06:41 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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.
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-18-2023, 05:52 AM
Replies: 30
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-17-2023, 06:15 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-16-2023, 06:16 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-15-2023, 06:51 AM
Replies: 30
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-14-2023, 06:42 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-13-2023, 07:20 AM
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Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-12-2023, 05:34 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-11-2023, 06:44 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-10-2023, 05:51 AM
Replies: 30
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Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-09-2023, 06:17 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-08-2023, 05:53 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-07-2023, 07:11 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-06-2023, 06:08 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-05-2023, 07:53 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-04-2023, 06:05 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-03-2023, 07:07 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-02-2023, 06:09 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 08-01-2023, 06:59 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,902
Posted By bluidkiti
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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