Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-31-2018, 05:36 AM
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January 31
Ideally, both members of a couple...
January 31
Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds.
--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We cannot possess another's spirit, even though we may desire to do so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-30-2018, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 30
Two things a man should never be...
January 30
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
--Thomas Fuller
In the Serenity Prayer, we pray for the wisdom to know the difference between...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2018, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 29
No man is more cheated than the...
January 29
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
--Henry Ward Beecher
When we're selfish, we close off the channels of exchange with others. Not only are we grabbing and holding all the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-28-2018, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 28
Agreement is usually not...
January 28
Agreement is usually not necessary.
Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-27-2018, 07:04 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2018, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 26
Make yourself at home.
It...
January 26
Make yourself at home.
It was night, only a few months after I'd begun my skydiving adventure.One of the other skydivers was sitting in a lawn chair. The evening lights had been...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-25-2018, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 25
Anger dwells only in the bosom of...
January 25
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
--Albert Einstein
Anger can be a healthy emotion, provided we don't wallow in it or attack other people. When we express anger honestly and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-24-2018, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 24
The elevator is broken; use the...
January 24
The elevator is broken; use the Steps.
--Anonymous
Elevators are easy. We push a button and we go right to the top. The way is fast, quick, and silent. We don't work up a sweat. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-23-2018, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 23
A life without discipline is a...
January 23
A life without discipline is a life without joy.
-- Muriel B.
Wait a minute. Isn't joy a matter of doing what we want? Isn't freedom the state of never having to do what we don't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2018, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 22
I shall tell you a great secret,...
January 22
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
--Albert Camus
It is easy to hope that at some time in the future we may...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2018, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 21
Perfection is expressing God's...
January 21
Perfection is expressing God's will enthusiastically.
Sponsors tell us that this is a simple program we are prone to complicate. Reflecting on our lives, we probably would agree....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-20-2018, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 20
All experience is an arch to...
January 20
All experience is an arch to build on.
-- Henry Brooks Adams
We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2018, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 19
The journey of a thousand miles...
January 19
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
-- Chinese proverb
Life holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-18-2018, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 18
Having boundaries doesn't...
January 18
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-17-2018, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 17
An error doesn't become a mistake...
January 17
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
--Orlando A. Battista
In our lives, we have always been drawn to extremes. If it isn't white, it must be black. If...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-16-2018, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 16
The first skill needed for the...
January 16
The first skill needed for the Inner Game is called "letting it happen." This means gradually building a trust in the innate ability of your body to learn and to perform.
--W. Timothy...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-15-2018, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 15
We all carry it within us;...
January 15
We all carry it within us; supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted and cannot be destroyed. But it is hidden deep, which is what makes life a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-14-2018, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 14
Step Two: Came to believe that a...
January 14
Step Two: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
-- Step Two of Al-Anon
We come to believe in a better life through the powerful gift of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-13-2018, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 13
Although the act of nurturing...
January 13
Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2018, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 12
Feels Like War
In the...
January 12
Feels Like War
In the contours of his man-face, I still see my own son. The jaw, the nose, the spacing of his eyes. But I know not to be fooled by the familiar façade: I already know...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-11-2018, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 11
Live big!
--Brady Michaels
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January 11
Live big!
--Brady Michaels
Sometimes, that's the best advice we can hear. Win or lose succeed or fail, go for it, and go all the way. As my flight instructor told me on the first...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-10-2018, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 10
To speak ill of others is a...
January 10
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-09-2018, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 9
The best thing that can come with...
January 9
The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
--Liv Ullmann
Success may be defined in many ways. In our youth, we may have measured...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-08-2018, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 8
He who helps a friend in woe is...
January 8
He who helps a friend in woe is like a fur coat in the snow.
--Russian Proverb
We came in from a very hard life when we came into recovery, kind of like coming in from a blizzard in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-07-2018, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 7
Success can only be measured in...
January 7
Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled.
--Mavis Gallant
We are forever moving from one experience to another, one challenge to another, and one relationship to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-06-2018, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 6
A good listener is not only...
January 6
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
--Wilson Mizner
A good salesperson is usually a good listener. Being a good listener also...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2018, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 5
Judged
My child became an...
January 5
Judged
My child became an addict in his teens, lured to drugs and alcohol by a culture that glorifies substance use-the same culture that now, so ignorantly and harshly, passes...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-04-2018, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,025
January 4
A.A. Thought for the Day
Do...
January 4
A.A. Thought for the Day
Do we have any hard feelings about other group members or for any other AA group? Are we critical of the way a group member thinks or acts? Do we feel that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-03-2018, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,025
January 3
A Year To Grow
This new year...
January 3
A Year To Grow
This new year can be a time of growth in sobriety. While we have no crystal ball that tells us what luck and fortune the year will bring, we do have a program that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-02-2018, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,025
January 2
The new is but the old come true;...
January 2
The new is but the old come true; each sunrise sees a new year born.
--Helen Hunt Jackson
We know that a totally new life can begin on any day of a year, at any hour of the day, or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-01-2018, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 30
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Today's Thought - January
January 1
Living today
The beginning of the New Year will often bring back sad memories. This has been the big day for hangovers, coming down, remorse, guilt, and shame. But if we stay with our...
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