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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-30-2017, 06:41 AM
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June 30 Gratitude is larger than life. ...

June 30

Gratitude is larger than life.

One day, a friend called me on the phone. He was going through a difficult time and wondering if and when things would ever turn around and improve. I...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-29-2017, 05:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 29 Making prompt amends is the fresh...

June 29

Making prompt amends is the fresh air of each new day.
--Sandra Little

Today brings us a new hill to climb and a new view from the top. Taking time to reflect about our daily journeys...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-28-2017, 06:04 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 28 No person is your enemy, no person...

June 28

No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, and every person is your teacher.
--Florence Scovel Shinn

We can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-27-2017, 05:21 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 27 Of all sad words of tongue or pen,...

June 27

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been."
--John Greenleaf Whittier

Unless we live in the now, we are in danger of suffering the agony of regret....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-26-2017, 06:04 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 26 Whatever you can do or dream you can...

June 26

Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it.
--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Newcomer

I signed up to take a course in something I'm kind of interested in. I'm pretty anxious...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-25-2017, 05:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 25 The cost of a thing is the amount of...

June 25

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life, which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
--Henry David Thoreau

Consider the young man who...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-24-2017, 05:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 24 Practice being spontaneous. Practice...

June 24

Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun.

The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-23-2017, 06:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 23 You can make more friends in two...

June 23

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.
--Dale Carnegie

We wanted...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-22-2017, 06:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 22 A house is no home unless it...

June 22

A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.
-- Margaret Fuller

No matter how full our social and professional lives are we all need a...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-21-2017, 06:07 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 21 Real friends are those who, when...

June 21

Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job.
--Erwin T. Randall

What kind of friends do we have? Are they people who...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-20-2017, 05:47 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 20 A.A. Thought for the Day ...

June 20

A.A. Thought for the Day

Sometimes we can't help thinking, Why can't we ever drink again? The answer is that at some time in our drinking careers, we passed what is called our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-19-2017, 05:20 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 19 A spiritual life is natural ...

June 19

A spiritual life is natural

Conscious Contact. Coming into what is clearly a spiritual program, we may have been fearful that our own unworthiness would hold us back. We may have...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-18-2017, 06:26 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 18 Love at first sight is easy to...

June 18

Love at first sight is easy to understand. It's when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle.
--Sam Levenson

True intimacy introduces us to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-17-2017, 06:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 17 Love is selfless, yet it exhilarates...

June 17

Love is selfless, yet it exhilarates the self.
--Sue Atchley Ebaugh

With a quickened step we hurry toward a challenge when empowered by love. Conversely, even the simplest of...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2017, 06:09 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 16 I am responsible for myself, my...

June 16

I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility.
--Anonymous

Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-15-2017, 06:26 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 15 It takes about ten years to get used...

June 15

It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are.
--Unknown

If it is hard to adjust to our age, how much harder it must be to realize we can't even run our own life with any...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-14-2017, 05:57 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 14 Change in all things is sweet. --...

June 14

Change in all things is sweet.
-- Aristotle

Newcomer

I don't know why I'm still going through such emotional ups and downs at this point. I'm not in withdrawal, my body chemistry is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-13-2017, 05:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 13 The most wasted of all days is one...

June 13

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
--E. E. Cummings

One of the true gifts of recovery is that we learn to laugh again. No matter how beat up our spirits have been by...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-12-2017, 06:31 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 12 Love doesn't just sit there like a...

June 12

Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread - re-made all the time, made new.
--Ursula K. Le Guin

We love to be loved; we love to be held; we love to be...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-11-2017, 05:51 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 11 At first, I resented it when my...

June 11

At first, I resented it when my friends in the program told me to be God or let God.
-- Myrna K.

Who consciously decided to play God? Not me. Not you. But many of us have a terrible...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-10-2017, 07:15 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 10 There is an end to grief if we have...

June 10

There is an end to grief if we have the courage to accept our personal goodness and our ongoing right to happiness.
-- Justin Langley

Making peace with our losses takes time and trust....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-09-2017, 02:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 9 An intimate truth is also a universal...

June 9

An intimate truth is also a universal truth.
--John Cournos

Truth is often associated primarily with the larger issues and set alongside such ideals as Justice, Freedom, and Democracy....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-08-2017, 06:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 8 We do not have to get caught in the...

June 8

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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-07-2017, 06:03 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 7 Problems are opportunities for...

June 7

Problems are opportunities for stretching our minds.

Wringing our hands over circumstances gone awry wastes our energy. In any twenty-four hours we will experience many situations that...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-06-2017, 06:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 6 Reflection for the Day One of...

June 6

Reflection for the Day

One of the best ways to get out of the self-pity trap is to do some "instant bookkeeping." For every entry of misery on the debit side of our ledger, we can surely...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-05-2017, 05:55 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 5 Don't miss out on today's learning...

June 5

Don't miss out on today's learning experiences.

They won't come again. We will never have another day exactly like today, so let's take advantage of the lessons we're offered.

We...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-04-2017, 07:01 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 4 Without discipline, there's no life...

June 4

Without discipline, there's no life at all.
--Katharine Hepburn

We all have deadlines we must meet. We have bills to pay, responsibilities at work, children with school projects - all...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-03-2017, 06:47 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 3 Depression and Despair Do we go...

June 3

Depression and Despair

Do we go about our daily work dutifully but joylessly? Have we settled for less in our jobs, homes, or relationships than we want? Have we substituted financial...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-02-2017, 06:20 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
June 2 The ego is a self-justifying...

June 2

The ego is a self-justifying historian, which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-01-2017, 06:51 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,600
Posted By bluidkiti
Today's Thought - June

June 1

Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
--Bulgarian proverb

Through laziness or inattention, we often miss opportunities to grow. Maybe we don't play our hunches or...
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