Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2016, 07:00 AM
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April 30
Lying to ourselves is more deeply...
April 30
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
--Fyodor Dostoevsky
The primary requirement for our recovery is honesty. In order to grow in honesty we first needed...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2016, 05:50 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2016, 05:26 AM
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April 28
You can feel only your own...
April 28
You can feel only your own feelings, not another person's.
Having empathy for those we love, and being able to share their joys and sorrows, is part of our nature as warm, caring human...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2016, 07:29 AM
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April 27
The person who is bored in the...
April 27
The person who is bored in the modern world shows that he is in no full sense a member of it.
--Brand Blanshard
Enthusiasm doesn't just happen to us. It's an attitude that is either...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-26-2016, 05:02 AM
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April 26
I want to change things. I want to...
April 26
I want to change things. I want to see things happen. I don't want just to talk about them.
--John Kenneth Galbraith
Newcomer
I feel as if I should be doing so much more than just...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2016, 06:16 AM
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April 25
Trust
An attitude of helpful...
April 25
Trust
An attitude of helpful expectancy can serve me very well today. My Higher Power has my day in His hands. Whatever happens, it will go most smoothly, and I will feel best about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2016, 05:56 AM
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April 24
My best friend is the one who...
April 24
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
--Henry Ford
To be a friend involves risk. Friends confront each other when it's needed, but they do it out of love and with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-23-2016, 07:24 AM
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April 23
Each day is a new start. Each...
April 23
Each day is a new start. Each moment is a beginning.
We do not have to wait until Monday to get back on the program or clean a closet or tackle a difficult report. We do not have to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-22-2016, 05:21 AM
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April 22
Possibilities and miracles are one...
April 22
Possibilities and miracles are one and the same.
--Anonymous
Many of us have seen happiness as a goal we couldn't find. When we were children, we were taught that "life is a hard row...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-21-2016, 07:19 AM
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April 21
Living new lives
If we thank...
April 21
Living new lives
If we thank our Higher Power each day for the problems in our lives, we will find that we can live and cope with them. And if it is our Higher Power's will, our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-20-2016, 06:03 AM
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April 20
What is strength without a double...
April 20
What is strength without a double share of wisdom? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome proudly secure, yet liable to fall.
--John Milton
What do we mean when we say someone is strong? That...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-19-2016, 06:31 AM
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April 19
We don't receive wisdom; we must...
April 19
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us...
--Marcel Proust
Many of us have known people new to recovery who...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-18-2016, 06:26 AM
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April 18
Watching a child acquire language,...
April 18
Watching a child acquire language, I realize, again, that naming things demystifies them.
--Mary Casey
Sharing with another our fears of starting a new job, ending a relationship,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-17-2016, 07:27 AM
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April 17
I Am Who I Am
Sometimes we...
April 17
I Am Who I Am
Sometimes we want to be someone else – anyone but who we are. We want to be someone who feels more free and at peace. We want to be someone who doesn't have to take...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-16-2016, 06:19 AM
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April 16
Asking for help is the first step...
April 16
Asking for help is the first step to healthy living.
By admitting to our friends that we don't know what we should do about the many confusing, sometimes scary circumstances in our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-15-2016, 07:50 AM
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April 15
Reflection for the Day
If I am...
April 15
Reflection for the Day
If I am troubled, worried, exasperated or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else? When I am in such a state, is my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-14-2016, 06:27 AM
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April 14
Self-esteem comes from honoring...
April 14
Self-esteem comes from honoring your healing journey
My life is not perfect. I make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes, I stumble and fall. I am a work in progress. And when I remember that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-13-2016, 06:17 AM
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April 13
The world is a wheel always...
April 13
The world is a wheel always turning. Those who are high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher.
--Anzia Yezierska
Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-12-2016, 06:19 AM
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April 12
Reflection for the Day
The...
April 12
Reflection for the Day
The first psychiatrist to recognize the work of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Harry Tiebout, used many concepts of the Program in his own practice. Over many years,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-11-2016, 08:03 AM
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April 11
It is the soul's duty to be loyal...
April 11
It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires.
--Rebecca West
Our soul's pure desires, those that harm no one else, are really invitations from God for us to try new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-10-2016, 07:32 AM
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April 10
Daily, we determine our priorities....
April 10
Daily, we determine our priorities.
Priorities are not merely something we establish once a year, once a month, or even once a week. Our priorities are visible in the myriad decisions...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-09-2016, 08:03 AM
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April 9
We need to listen to one another. ...
April 9
We need to listen to one another.
--Chaim Potok
Listening is an important skill to cultivate. We need to sit in our healing circles and lovingly listen and learn from each other. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-08-2016, 06:53 AM
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April 8
Surviving meant being born over and...
April 8
Surviving meant being born over and over.
--Erica Jong
We have decided to live. And each day we make the decision anew. Each time we call a friend, work a Step, or go to a meeting, we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-07-2016, 05:17 AM
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April 7
When all is said and done,...
April 7
When all is said and done, willingness is everything.
--Frank D.
Most of us know very well that recovery doesn't happen, nor is there any positive growth, unless we are first of all...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-06-2016, 07:03 AM
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April 6
Life is not life at all without...
April 6
Life is not life at all without delight.
-- Coventry Patmore
Newcomer
I'm tired of following the same routines week after week, month after month. I've been thinking about taking a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-05-2016, 05:35 AM
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April 5
See who you are. Own who you are. Be...
April 5
See who you are. Own who you are. Be who you are. Don't apologize.
-- Jerry K.
At some point in our recovery, we need to admit to ourselves and others who we really are. Looking inside...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-04-2016, 06:34 AM
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April 4
An Unfolding Story
Our lives...
April 4
An Unfolding Story
Our lives are like a story told one day at a time. Some of our story has been revealed; much remains. Yet life is not like a book in which you can skip ahead; life...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-03-2016, 05:38 AM
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April 3
When angry, count to ten before you...
April 3
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
--Thomas Jefferson
Sometimes we just want to yell. Maybe a family member or a friend messed up, and we want to "set...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-02-2016, 07:36 AM
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April 2
The Fox and the Cat
One day a...
April 2
The Fox and the Cat
One day a fox and a cat were discussing the methods they used to avoid their enemies. "I have many clever ways to escape," bragged the fox. "I only have one,"...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-01-2016, 06:30 AM
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Today's Thought - April
April 1
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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