Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2014, 08:36 AM
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April 30
Be careful with amends.
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April 30
Be careful with amends.
Hurting someone thoughtlessly just to lift our own guilt is not a proper Step Nine. Amends are for rebuilding the burned bridges in our lives. But if amends...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2014, 07:02 AM
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April 29
Attitudes and Limitation
To a...
April 29
Attitudes and Limitation
To a large extent, the way we think determines who we are and what happens to us.
We cannot harbor poisonous thoughts without their effects visibly showing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2014, 09:13 AM
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April 28
Listening well
Learning to...
April 28
Listening well
Learning to really listen to another human being - beyond just his or her words - is critical to good communication. Valuable exchanges between human beings can occur...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2014, 07:27 AM
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April 27
I get a massage almost every week...
April 27
I get a massage almost every week no matter where I am, eat a healthy diet, schedule time alone, and if I get to a point where I feel I need a block of time...I'll cancel.
-- Anne Wilson...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-26-2014, 08:32 AM
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April 26
A man without ambition is dead. A...
April 26
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
--Pearl Bailey
Is our glass...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2014, 08:15 AM
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April 25
I think my peace comes from my good...
April 25
I think my peace comes from my good fortune.
--Jim Burns
How we define "good fortune" is a significant indicator of one's attitude. While winning the lottery might be judged as good...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2014, 08:30 AM
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April 24
In three words, I can sum up...
April 24
In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
-- Robert Frost
If we've ever dug in a garden and unearthed an ants' nest, we can recall their first...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-23-2014, 08:39 AM
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April 23
There are many ways of breaking a...
April 23
There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.
--Pearl S....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-22-2014, 09:06 AM
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April 22
Intuition is a spiritual faculty...
April 22
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
--Florence Scovel Shinn
Should we make this move? Should we change jobs? Should we talk to others...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-21-2014, 08:59 AM
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April 21
The cut worm forgives the plow. ...
April 21
The cut worm forgives the plow.
--William Blake
Would anyone believe that rain abuses grass, or accuse roots, hungry for a better hold on life, of digging too far into earth's flesh?...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-20-2014, 09:20 AM
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April 20
Each day is different and has a...
April 20
Each day is different and has a surprise in it, like a Cracker Jack box.
--Alpha English
It's interesting to ponder the notion of surprise. Not every one of them is all that welcome....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-19-2014, 08:45 AM
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April 19
The Bookshop has a thousand books, ...
April 19
The Bookshop has a thousand books,
All colors, hues, and tinges,
And every cover is a door
That turns on magic hinges.
--Nancy Byrd Turner
When we start our day, we have a wealth...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-18-2014, 08:44 AM
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April 18
A problem can ultimately bring us a...
April 18
A problem can ultimately bring us a gift.
We start our relationship in excitement, hope, and good feelings, with perhaps a measure of fear mixed in. Our history is yet to evolve. A...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-17-2014, 09:05 AM
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April 17
The purpose of learning is growth,...
April 17
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
--Mortimer Adler
In some areas of our lives we are right on target....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-16-2014, 08:21 AM
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April 16
No one can make you feel inferior...
April 16
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-15-2014, 08:48 AM
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April 15
We do not have to get caught in the...
April 15
We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's issues.
-- Melody Beattie
Learning to respect boundaries, our own and other people's, eliminates much of the stress that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-14-2014, 08:20 AM
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April 14
Taking an honest look at ourselves...
April 14
Taking an honest look at ourselves is necessary if we want peace.
Step Four asks us to admit our character defects. That's not an easy assignment. How "defective" could we be? In...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-13-2014, 09:39 AM
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April 13
Though we be sick and tired and...
April 13
Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn--Lo, all things can be borne.
--Elizabeth Chase Akers
What bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It's probably that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-12-2014, 07:45 AM
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April 12
If the best man's faults were...
April 12
If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.
--Gaelic proverb
When we deal with our faults and imperfections, we are dealing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-11-2014, 09:15 AM
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April 11
Self-control is one of the greatest...
April 11
Self-control is one of the greatest skills I've learned.
--Jim Burns
Most of us assume we have mastered self-control by now. And perhaps we have. A good test is to monitor how we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-10-2014, 08:20 AM
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April 10
Celebrate your life and hear your...
April 10
Celebrate your life and hear your spirit sing.
-- Elisabeth L.
"What's to celebrate?" some people ask. We all get our fill of the cynics. Their negativity can weigh down our spirits....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-09-2014, 09:12 AM
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April 9
Agreement is usually not necessary. ...
April 9
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 who...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-08-2014, 09:16 AM
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April 8
People are always blaming their...
April 8
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.
--George Bernard Shaw
It's easy to let circumstances determine how we think and behave. While it's true that some...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-07-2014, 08:33 AM
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April 7
There is no happiness; there are...
April 7
There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
-- Spanish proverb
How happy we are right now may hinge on dinnertime - whether it is just before or just after. It may also...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-06-2014, 07:38 AM
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April 6
Home wasn't build in a day.
--Jane...
April 6
Home wasn't build in a day.
--Jane Ace
Newcomer
I'm a lot better than when I was active in my addiction. But parts of my life still feel beyond my control. I don't mean earthquakes...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-05-2014, 10:39 AM
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April 5
Not what we would, but what we must,...
April 5
Not what we would, but what we must, makes up the sum of living.
--Richard Henry Stoddard
"We must do the things we must" is frequent advice in the Program. Each Step is evidence of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-04-2014, 11:09 AM
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April 4
Easy Does It
So, you...
April 4
Easy Does It
So, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again.
What's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-03-2014, 10:10 AM
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April 3
You are the hero of your life.
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April 3
You are the hero of your life.
Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our lines, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-02-2014, 09:47 AM
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April 2
Unless our desire for human...
April 2
Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us.
--Marsha Sinetar
Knowing we are loved is what most of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-01-2014, 07:40 AM
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Today's Thought - April
April 1
When people don't forgive, they probably shorten their lives.
--Doris Donnelly
Sometimes forgiveness seems impossible and we feel stuck in the quicksand of our own resentment. When...
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