Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-31-2014, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 30
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May 31
If one is going to be truthful, one...
May 31
If one is going to be truthful, one has to be very tender.
--Florida Scott-Maxwell
Honesty is always the best policy, right? We glibly recite that saying, but it's important to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-30-2014, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 30
At fifteen life had taught me...
May 30
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
--Maya Angelou
We had to surrender to a power...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-29-2014, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 29
Using today's tools
Are we...
May 29
Using today's tools
Are we becoming stuck in the "if onlys"? "If only I had more money." "If only I were more attractive." "If only my parents had listened to Dr. Spock." The "if onlys"...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-28-2014, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 28
Thought for the week: Learn a new...
May 28
Thought for the week: Learn a new skill
It's an esteemable act to have the courage to learn something new.
Affirmations for the week:
I am willing to learn a new skill. This week,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-27-2014, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 27
The universe is full of magical...
May 27
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
--Eden Phillpotts
We hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-26-2014, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 26
The best things in life are...
May 26
The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost.
--Roy L. Smith
Humankind has made such great technological progress, developing marvelous tools and instruments...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-25-2014, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 25
Each morning sees some task begin, ...
May 25
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.
--Longfellow
Every day for us is a period of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-24-2014, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 24
Relaxing when things don't go as you...
May 24
Relaxing when things don't go as you planned.
So, the boyfriend calls, says he's going hiking with his buddies for a week, cancels his date with you and says he hopes you won't be mad.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-23-2014, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 23
To have one's individuality...
May 23
To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a light.
--Evelyn Scott
We need to know that we matter in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-22-2014, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 22
Patience is needed with everyone, but...
May 22
Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.
--Saint Francis De Sales
One night Sandra was having trouble putting a puzzle together. Angrily, she pushed all the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-21-2014, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 21
"The secret, kid," said the seal,...
May 21
"The secret, kid," said the seal, bending toward him and speaking behind his flipper, "is to have a good compass and a following wind."
--Will Watkins – Sid Seal, Houseman
The secret,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-20-2014, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 20
He has served who now and then
Has...
May 20
He has served who now and then
Has helped along his fellowmen.
--Edgar A. Guest
It's hard to be interested in something that seems too remote. Sure, we're sorry for starving people in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-19-2014, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 19
"You silly thing," said Fritz, my...
May 19
"You silly thing," said Fritz, my eldest son, sharply, "don't you know that we must not settle what God is to do for us? We must have patience and wait His time."
--Johann R. Wyss
The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-18-2014, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 18
. . . we have some unfinished...
May 18
. . . we have some unfinished business between us.
When we respond to the small signals that something is amiss, we prevent bigger problems. When we feel fear in our relationship, it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-17-2014, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 17
Nice guys finish last.
--Leo...
May 17
Nice guys finish last.
--Leo Durocher
Some of us are habitually victims, doormats, and "poor things." No matter what, we never say no. The more we practice being nice guys the less able...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-16-2014, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 16
The Fox without a Tail
One day a...
May 16
The Fox without a Tail
One day a fox became caught in a trap. In his struggle to free himself, he left his tail behind. On his way home, he devised a way to head off being made the butt...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-15-2014, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 15
The crisis of our time . . . is a...
May 15
The crisis of our time . . . is a crisis not of the hands but of the hearts.
--Archibald MacLeish
We singlemindedly search for love, for belonging, for affirmation from others that will...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-14-2014, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 14
Is he related to something infinite...
May 14
Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of life.
--Carl Jung
The times that life works best are when we get out of the way and let the power work...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-13-2014, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 13
Having boundaries doesn't complicate...
May 13
Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life.
--Beyond Codependency
There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-12-2014, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 12
Every human being is a problem in...
May 12
Every human being is a problem in search of a solution.
--Ashley Montagu
Each of us is a strong and fragile creature. We're always subject to forces outside our control, and we're...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-11-2014, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 11
Presence
"C'mon. Hurry. Let's...
May 11
Presence
"C'mon. Hurry. Let's go," my friend said, shifting nervously from one foot to the other.
I looked around. Another friend, Michael, had just walked into the room. I hadn't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-10-2014, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 10
Maturity doesn't come with age or...
May 10
Maturity doesn't come with age or intellectual wisdom, only with love.
--Ruth Casey
We may have thought being mature meant being "grown-up." This meant acting rationally, showing good...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-09-2014, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 9
To speak ill of others is a dishonest...
May 9
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
--Will Durant
Sometimes we say bad things about others. When we do this, it makes us look bad too. Our friends worry what...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-08-2014, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 8
No matter what faces us — an unhappy...
May 8
No matter what faces us — an unhappy relationship, a serious operation or illness, a feeling of uselessness or helplessness — it is vital to realize that there is a solution.
We must not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-07-2014, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 7
God insists that we ask, not because...
May 7
God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.
-- Catherine Marshall
An omniscient God must know what we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-06-2014, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 6
Reflection for the Day
I can...
May 6
Reflection for the Day
I can attain real dignity, importance and individuality only by a dependence on a Power, which is great and good, beyond anything I can imagine or understand. I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-05-2014, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 5
Growing
We all perform on two...
May 5
Growing
We all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2014, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 4
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on...
May 4
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2014, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 3
Information is of two kinds. We know a...
May 3
Information is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
--Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is power. The more information we have, the more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2014, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
May 2
We can act ourselves into right...
May 2
We can act ourselves into right thinking easier than we can think ourselves into right acting.
--Anonymous
The best thing for us to do in our 12 Step Program is to be honest in how we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2014, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,616
Today's Thought - May
May 1
Some days I feel like a tightrope walker.
- Jeannette N.
We all perform a balancing act, trying to keep perspective on what's important and what is not. Sometimes we fall — crazy drivers...
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