Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-31-2014, 07:55 AM
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August 31
Differences
. . . with no hidden...
August 31
Differences
. . . with no hidden cutting edge.
The respect and dignity a couple shows each other set the table from which they are nourished for all other activities in their lives....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-30-2014, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 30
Defeat may serve as well as...
August 30
Defeat may serve as well as victory
To shake the soul and let the glory out.
--Edwin Markham
So life has given us some dents. So what? Dents are necessary, besides being unavoidable...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-29-2014, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 29
Love at first sight is easy to...
August 29
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2014, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 28
Success can only be measured in...
August 28
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
08-27-2014, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 27
Whoever is happy will make others...
August 27
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
--Anne Frank
Anne Frank had good reason to be unhappy, full of fear, and deeply discouraged. Years of her life were spent in a small...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-26-2014, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 26
Mile by mile, life's a trial. ...
August 26
Mile by mile, life's a trial.
Yard by yard, it's not so hard.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
-- Proverb
An important key to progress on the path is to take it one step at a time. Just...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-25-2014, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 25
If you don't have any loyalty to...
August 25
If you don't have any loyalty to what you are doing, you ought not be doing it.
-- Tom Harding
We understand loyalty to friends and family members, but does loyalty to an activity...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-24-2014, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 24
The smallest seed of faith is...
August 24
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
--Henry David Thoreau
Life's crises seem terrifying and endless when they are happening. As we reflect on...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-23-2014, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 23
We learn to expect the unexpected....
August 23
We learn to expect the unexpected.
Serenity and satisfaction come not when we achieve some measure of precarious temporary control, but when we learn to expect the unexpected. They...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-22-2014, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 22
A man of courage is also full of...
August 22
A man of courage is also full of faith.
-- Cicero
Faith and courage walk hand in hand. Courage empowers us to act in favor of what we believe, but cannot know. Courage is animated by...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-21-2014, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 21
I thank God for my handicaps for,...
August 21
I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.
--Helen Keller
All of us have unique talents and gifts. No obstacle, be it physical, mental,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-20-2014, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 20
Moving Forward
Much as we...
August 20
Moving Forward
Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-19-2014, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 19
God grant me the serenity
To...
August 19
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
--The Serenity Prayer
Newcomer
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-18-2014, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 18
Reflection for the Day
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August 18
Reflection for the Day
Looking back, I realize just how much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. It provided much self-satisfaction, to be sure, but I see...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-17-2014, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 17
I am responsible for myself, my...
August 17
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-16-2014, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 16
Resolve to be thyself; and know,...
August 16
Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
--Matthew Arnold
We all have known the braggarts, the boastful ones who constantly toot their own horns....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-15-2014, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 30
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August 15
Each of my days are miracles. I...
August 15
Each of my days are miracles. I won't waste my day; I won't throw away a miracle.
-- Kelley Vickstrom
It's so easy to forget to be grateful for our many blessings. We may take our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-14-2014, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 14
Believe that life is worth living...
August 14
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the act.
--William James
Step Two speaks of believing. For many years, we had given up believing in ourselves, in a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-13-2014, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 13
If we could read the secret...
August 13
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-12-2014, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 12
God creates. People rearrange. ...
August 12
God creates. People rearrange.
--Joseph Casey
Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-11-2014, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 11
We honor the spirit in other...
August 11
We honor the spirit in other people when we listen to them.
God's messages surround us. The 24 hours before us are special, never to be repeated. The people we share the day with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-10-2014, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 10
Changing
The old saying is...
August 10
Changing
The old saying is true: You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. It's the same with addiction and recovery. People can take away our drugs and put us in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-09-2014, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 9
All experience is an arch to build...
August 9
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
08-08-2014, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 8
Loving others begins with respect. ...
August 8
Loving others begins with respect.
So many books have been written on how to love that many of us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We can simplify the process,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-07-2014, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 7
Pity is the deadliest feeling that...
August 7
Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
--Vicki Baum
We must move forward with confidence, trusting that the strength we need will be given us, having faith in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2014, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 6
Thunder is good, thunder is...
August 6
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work.
--Mark Twain
Thunder demands our attention. From the ear-splitting boom overhead to the faint...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-05-2014, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 5
When they take your smile away they...
August 5
When they take your smile away they might just as well shoot you.
--Violet Hensley
Violet is one big smile. And it's not the result of having an easy life. On the contrary, she has...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-04-2014, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 4
Whatever men attempt, they seem...
August 4
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo.
--Bernard Baruch
It's usually very difficult for us to bring balance into our lives. We may find it hard not to put in overtime at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-03-2014, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 3
The most important move is to...
August 3
The most important move is to begin.
We begin weaving by stringing vertical threads on a loom to form the foundation of a new cloth. Then horizontal threads are interlaced back and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-02-2014, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
August 2
At 70, my dad is just like he was...
August 2
At 70, my dad is just like he was at 35 - only more so. It's frightening that the same thing could happen to me.
--Jerry Z.
More of the same gets more of the same. What we were given...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-01-2014, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,879
Today's Thought - August
August 1
The darkness was encumbering only because I relied upon my sight for everything I did, not knowing that another way was to let power be the guide.
--Carlos Castaneda
We don't need to...
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