Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-30-2017, 06:49 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 30
It Never...
AA Thought for the Day
June 30
It Never Fails
If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair.
But if you really and truly want to quit drinking liquor...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2017, 05:10 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 29
Pride ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 29
Pride
For pride, leading to self-justification, and always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears,
is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-28-2017, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 28
The...
AA Thought for the Day
June 28
The Bright Spot
Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others,
to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-27-2017, 05:44 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 27
A...
AA Thought for the Day
June 27
A Double-Edged Sword
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us:
first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking,
and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2017, 06:14 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 26
We Asked...
AA Thought for the Day
June 26
We Asked God
Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like ourselves,
were sick too. We asked God to help us show them the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-25-2017, 05:34 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 25
At Once...
AA Thought for the Day
June 25
At Once Followed
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little
permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-24-2017, 06:16 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 24
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AA Thought for the Day
June 24
Shortcomings
I have shortcomings and defects of character. I never have been and never can be perfect.
As that realization became a part of me -- and it took...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2017, 06:33 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 23
Seeking...
AA Thought for the Day
June 23
Seeking Humility
We saw we needn't always be bludgeoned and beaten into humility.
It could come quite as much from our voluntary reaching for it as it
could...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-22-2017, 06:52 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 22
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AA Thought for the Day
June 22
Independence
And the facts seem to be these: The more we become willing to depend
upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
Therefore...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-21-2017, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 21
Ready ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 21
Ready
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length
to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-20-2017, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 20
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AA Thought for the Day
June 20
Inventory
We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly.
First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure.
Being...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-19-2017, 06:23 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 19
Our Will...
AA Thought for the Day
June 19
Our Will
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.
To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation.
Our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-18-2017, 06:49 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 18
Rough...
AA Thought for the Day
June 18
Rough Going
This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that
when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would
save the day....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-17-2017, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 17
Prayer ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 17
Prayer
Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than
we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-16-2017, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 16
...
AA Thought for the Day
June 16
Spiritual Life
For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and
self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2017, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 15
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
June 15
Step Eleven
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-14-2017, 06:00 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 14
Four...
AA Thought for the Day
June 14
Four Horsemen
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship
and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2017, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 13
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AA Thought for the Day
June 13
Absolutely Necessary
When our friend related his experience, the man agreed that no amount of will power
he might muster could stop his drinking for long. A...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2017, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 12
Friends ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 12
Friends
Let your friends know they are not to change their habits on your account.
At a proper time and place explain to all your friends why alcohol disagrees ...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-11-2017, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 11, 2017
A...
AA Thought for the Day
June 11, 2017
A Lifetime Process
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures,
we were a prey to misery and depression,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2017, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 10
The...
AA Thought for the Day
June 10
The Doctor's Opinion
Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices.
The message which can interest and hold these alcoholic people must have depth and weight.
In...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2017, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 9
Defects...
AA Thought for the Day
June 9
Defects and Humility
All of us saw, for example, that we lacked honesty and tolerance, that we were beset at times
by attacks of self-pity or delusions of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-08-2017, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 8
Honesty ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 8
Honesty
Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely
theoretical. When we are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-07-2017, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 7
Any...
AA Thought for the Day
June 7
Any Length
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length
to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-06-2017, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,678
AA Thought for the Day
June 6
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AA Thought for the Day
June 6
Helpfulness
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others,
so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-05-2017, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 5
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AA Thought for the Day
June 5
Rationalizations
But in other instances only the closest scrutiny will reveal what our true motives were.
There are cases where our ancient enemy,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-04-2017, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 4
Balance ...
AA Thought for the Day
June 4
Balance
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made,
and renew the simple request: “Thy will, not mine, be done.” If at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-03-2017, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 29
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AA Thought for the Day
June 3
Tolerance...
AA Thought for the Day
June 3
Tolerance
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints
and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-02-2017, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,678
AA Thought for the Day
June 2
The Truth...
AA Thought for the Day
June 2
The Truth
Hence it was most evident that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission of
our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough. We'd have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-01-2017, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,678
AA Thoughts For Today - June
AA Thought for the Day
June 1
Amends
Let’s look at Steps Eight and Nine. We have a list of all persons we have harmed
and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took...
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