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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-31-2017, 05:02 AM
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October 31 Our problem is that we expect to...

October 31

Our problem is that we expect to feel secure.

Many of us have had past crises and problems, yet our worries and anxieties continue in the present. We believe that our situation...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-30-2017, 05:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 30 Willing to Make Amends The...

October 30

Willing to Make Amends

The Eighth Step is talking about a change of heart, a healing change.

This attitude can begin a great chain of repair and healing in our relationships with...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-29-2017, 05:39 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 29 Being able to be wrong We...

October 29

Being able to be wrong

We had to compete with everyone, sometimes subtly, sometimes less subtly. We always had to be right, to be wrong seemed unbearable. We could never seem to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-28-2017, 06:19 AM
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Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 28 Developing ourselves We must...

October 28

Developing ourselves

We must realize in our hearts that we are becoming better people. We do this by using our highest standards and making our best efforts. We do this, in part, by...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-27-2017, 05:24 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 27 You have to live on this 24 hours...

October 27

You have to live on this 24 hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect, and the evolution of your mortal soul. Its right use, its most...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-26-2017, 05:37 AM
Replies: 30
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Posted By bluidkiti
October 26 Aging is not easy, but what's our...

October 26

Aging is not easy, but what's our alternative?
- Helen Casey

The kind of attitude we developed over our lives determined how we saw every detail of each experience. Even now our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-25-2017, 05:47 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 25 Reflection for the Day We...

October 25

Reflection for the Day

We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our surroundings -...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-24-2017, 05:40 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 24 True expressions of love are said...

October 24

True expressions of love are said to come from a source which lies beneath words and thoughts.
--W. Timothy Gallwey

Remember when we just knew Grandmother loved us, even if she...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-23-2017, 04:42 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
Ocotber 23 I'm Not Ashamed My child...

Ocotber 23

I'm Not Ashamed

My child dreamed of becoming a firefighter, a fisherman, and a marine biologist when he grew up. Becoming an addict was not on his list. I know the child who dreamed...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-22-2017, 04:13 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 22 When one knows Thee, then alien...

October 22

When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many.
--Rabindranath Tagore
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-21-2017, 04:23 AM
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Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 21 This Mouse must give up one of...

October 21

This Mouse must give up one of the Mouse ways of seeing things in order that he may grow.
--Hyemeyohsts Storm

There is an American Indian tale of a mouse who heard a roaring in his...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-20-2017, 05:21 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 20 Self-Seeking Slips Away ...

October 20

Self-Seeking Slips Away

Today, God, help me remember that not everything is about me.

When I was using, thinking of myself was my whole existence. With abstinence, I began to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-19-2017, 05:04 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 19 It's easy to look at all the...

October 19

It's easy to look at all the tasks and unsolved problems and feel so pressured that we get paralyzed and don't get anything done. It takes discipline to gather in our scattered forces...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-18-2017, 04:38 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 18 The feeling of belonging is a...

October 18

The feeling of belonging is a gift.

The feeling of belonging - knowing that we have a place - is one of the most important gifts that two partners can give to each other. When we...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-17-2017, 05:20 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 17 Reflection for the Day "When...

October 17

Reflection for the Day

"When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen when he does not wish it, and that what he wishes to happen never will be,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-16-2017, 04:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 16 Self-Help or Mutual Aid? ...

October 16

Self-Help or Mutual Aid?
Assisting Others

The Twelve Step movement is sometimes called a self-help program. This falls short of describing what it really is. Mutual aid might be a...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-15-2017, 05:29 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 15 It is only with the heart that...

October 15

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly....
--Antoine de Saint Exupery

If we look at the world through suspicious or angry eyes, we'll find a world that mirrors our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-14-2017, 04:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 14 Where Love and Addiction Meet ...

October 14

Where Love and Addiction Meet

The first time my child reached his dimpled little hand out for mine, I was there. And I've tried to be there every time he's reached out to me-and even...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-13-2017, 05:49 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 13 I had an easy life growing up. I...

October 13

I had an easy life growing up. I was not serious, and I'm trying to make up for it now.
-- Tom Harding

How we define an easy life may differ because everything is relative. Some of...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-12-2017, 03:54 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 12 Give to the world the best you...

October 12

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.
--Madeline Bridges

Sometimes we feel lazy or bored, and then we don't do our best work. Perhaps we are...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-11-2017, 04:52 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 11 Becoming forgiving The lack...

October 11

Becoming forgiving

The lack of a forgiving spirit hurts our spiritual progress. Being unforgiving causes resentment, which is always a danger to our new way of life.

We have...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-10-2017, 05:57 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 10 I cannot give you the formula for...

October 10

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - try to please everybody.
--Herbert Bayard Swope

Principles are rules or codes of conduct we...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-09-2017, 05:04 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 9 I would be honest, for there are...

October 9

I would be honest, for there are those who trust me.
--Howard Arnold Walter

Some of those around us seem to see only the good in us. They trust and respect us, even when we ourselves...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-08-2017, 05:00 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 8 Listening and Sharing "I've...

October 8

Listening and Sharing

"I've found that many of my painful experiences with others are the result of past memories," stated a friend.

"Often I'm not reacting so much to what is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-07-2017, 05:30 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 7 Flowers, Not Weeds When...

October 7

Flowers, Not Weeds

When addiction took hold of my son, it grew and spread like a thick, thorny vine, twisting and turning and choking him tight. But it didn't stop there. It kept...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-06-2017, 04:44 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 6 The Four "A's" Dear God, I...

October 6

The Four "A's"

Dear God, I have learned to live within my limitations and to live up to my capacities as I grow in recovery. As I try to practice the principles of our Program, I will...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-05-2017, 05:28 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 5 Children do not know how their...

October 5

Children do not know how their parents love them, and they never will till the grave closes over those parents, or till they have children of their own.
--Edmund Vance Cooks

As...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-04-2017, 04:37 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 4 I like not only to be loved, but...

October 4

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved . . . the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
--George Eliot

We've all heard many times that we must...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-03-2017, 04:30 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 3 It is impossible that anything...

October 3

It is impossible that anything should be produced if there were nothing existing before.
--Aristotle

Everything comes from something. All the organic compounds in our world come from...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-02-2017, 04:18 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
October 2 THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP ...

October 2

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP

.... open up to hope and new possibilities...

Some mornings we may awaken filled with thoughts of what is wrong in our lives. Perhaps we obsess about our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 10-01-2017, 05:59 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,874
Posted By bluidkiti
Today's Thought - October

October 1

God gave burdens, also shoulders.
--Yiddish proverb

Some days we wake up, and we know we can't get out of bed. We lie there, trying to force ourselves, but none of the usual...
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