Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-30-2014, 08:03 AM
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June 30
No man really becomes a fool until...
June 30
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
--Charles P. Steinmetz
We often pass up the chance to ask a question of someone because we don't want to feel stupid. In...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 09:56 AM
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June 29
Remember the Golden Key
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June 29
Remember the Golden Key
Whenever trouble arises, the first thing to do is to turn it over to our Higher Power. We can take all necessary practical steps to solve a problem, but we don't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-28-2014, 09:43 AM
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June 28
The handwriting on the wall may be a...
June 28
The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
--Ralph Hodgson
Too often we are superstitious and interpret signs in negative or hostile ways. Because we don't believe in ourselves, we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-27-2014, 08:00 AM
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June 27
Stopping, calming, and resting are...
June 27
Stopping, calming, and resting are preconditions for healing. When animals in the forest are wounded they find a place to lie down and rest completely for many days . . . They just rest...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2014, 08:55 AM
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June 26
Self-esteem comes from doing...
June 26
Self-esteem comes from doing esteemable acts.
I once had a beautiful plant. It sat on my dining room table for three weeks as I waited for it to blossom. Each week, I waited for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-25-2014, 08:57 AM
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June 25
Overachieving may be symptomatic.
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June 25
Overachieving may be symptomatic.
Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-24-2014, 08:51 AM
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June 24
Don't quit five minutes before the...
June 24
Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens.
--Anonymous
When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2014, 08:48 AM
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June 23
The Importance of Money
We...
June 23
The Importance of Money
We cannot afford to allow our focus in life to be money. That will not lead us into the abundance we're seeking. Usually, it will not even lead to financial...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-22-2014, 07:48 AM
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June 22
If you go around thinking you are...
June 22
If you go around thinking you are being cheated,
life becomes very unpleasant.
--Felix Salten
Sometimes we feel cheated that we have been given this darn disease to cope with. Why us?...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-21-2014, 11:10 AM
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June 21
We should be careful to get out of...
June 21
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stay there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-20-2014, 08:36 AM
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June 20
First we work the program because we...
June 20
First we work the program because we have to. Then we work the program because we are willing to. Finally we work the program because we want to.
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When you do all the talking...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-19-2014, 08:25 AM
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June 19
Grief may be a pathway to our...
June 19
Grief may be a pathway to our deepest connections.
People often say, "I don't want to burden you with my troubles, you have enough to worry about." Yet sharing our troubles with our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-18-2014, 07:37 AM
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June 18
Life guarantees a chance - not a...
June 18
Life guarantees a chance - not a fair shake.
--Bernie Y.
Life is not fair. Most of us know that, but few of us accept it. Something in us often clings to the idea that ultimately, the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-17-2014, 08:27 AM
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June 17
The past has flown away. The coming...
June 17
The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist; ours only is the present's tiny point.
--Shabistari
We are tempted to look back and to look ahead. But what we most...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-16-2014, 08:38 AM
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June 16
Living according to principles
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June 16
Living according to principles
If we live according to spiritual principles, we will know harmony in our lives. If we ignore these principles, our harmony will be destroyed.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-15-2014, 09:48 AM
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June 15
Taking Care of Ourselves
It's...
June 15
Taking Care of Ourselves
It's healthy, wise, and loving to be considerate and responsive to the feelings and needs of others. That's different from caretaking. Caretaking is a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-14-2014, 08:43 AM
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June 14
I don't believe in predicting,...
June 14
I don't believe in predicting, especially about the future.
-- Casey Stengel
With the pace of change continuing to accelerate, the future is not what it used to be. From one moment to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-13-2014, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 13
Fine friendship requires duration...
June 13
Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.
--Aristotle
Once we have embarked upon this program, we find spiritual recovery through relationships more than any...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-12-2014, 08:33 AM
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June 12
Dust on diamonds, tears we cry,...
June 12
Dust on diamonds, tears we cry, first we walk, then we fly.
--Mark Chapple
"First things first," "Easy does it," and "Keep it simple" are the touchstones of our recovery. At first, we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-11-2014, 08:51 AM
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June 11
Having loosened our grip on the...
June 11
Having loosened our grip on the past, we are free to reach for the future.
--Ann D. Clark
Everyday of our lives we think of some situation we wish we had handled differently. Perhaps...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-10-2014, 08:45 AM
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June 10
The journey of a thousand miles...
June 10
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 many...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-09-2014, 09:27 AM
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June 9
We need the courage to start and...
June 9
We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.
--Richard L. Evans
What is courage? Many of us think it involves surviving against...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-08-2014, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 8
She walks around all day quietly, but...
June 8
She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric; angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.
--Judy Grahn
Many people spend...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-07-2014, 07:28 AM
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June 7
Not only then has each man his...
June 7
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.
-- George MacDonald
Each of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-06-2014, 07:40 AM
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June 6
Getting angry can sometimes be like...
June 6
Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.
--Maggie...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-05-2014, 08:28 AM
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June 5
Ideally, both members of a couple in...
June 5
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
06-04-2014, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 29
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June 4
Of all sad words of tongue or pen,...
June 4
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....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-03-2014, 09:20 AM
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June 3
Don't miss out on today's learning...
June 3
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-02-2014, 08:41 AM
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June 2
When it seems we have no recourse, we...
June 2
When it seems we have no recourse, we can always pray.
Coming to believe that a Higher Power can help us and relieve us of our worry may take time if we have spent years trying to stop...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-01-2014, 08:32 AM
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Today's Thought - June
June 1
We have within us a limitless supply of new beginnings.
--Joan Fitzgerald
We can start our day over any time we choose. If we wake up crabby, on the "wrong side of the bed," we are not...
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