Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-31-2016, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 30
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March 31
Acceptance of things I can't fix. ...
March 31
Acceptance of things I can't fix.
One of the sad realities of life is that we're awash in a disorder that we can't fix. All around us, the world seethes and festers with ailments and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-30-2016, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 30
Avoiding blame
It is not...
March 30
Avoiding blame
It is not uncommon to hear in group, "Why do these things always happen to me?" If "these things" are always happening to us, the obvious answer is that we somehow bring...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-29-2016, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 29
You grow up the first day you have...
March 29
You grow up the first day you have the first real laugh - at yourself.
--Ethel Barrymore
Infants chuckle and gurgle and find the world amusing, but apparently they rarely laugh at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-28-2016, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 28
The cause is hidden, but the result...
March 28
The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
--Ovid
We know it's coming before we do it. Our boy[girl]friend dumps us and we devour the ice cream. We don't get the promotion so we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-27-2016, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-26-2016, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 26
Being willing
People often...
March 26
Being willing
People often ask, "How does the program work?" The how of this program is Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. Often we must pray for willingness; sometimes we even...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-25-2016, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 25
If someone is going to control me,...
March 25
If someone is going to control me, it might as well be me.
-- Sarah B.
Ours is, and must be, a selfish program. Our recovery must be the most important thing in the world to us....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-24-2016, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 24
Blessed is he who has learned to...
March 24
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
-- William Arthur Ward
Manipulation is not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-23-2016, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 23
Muddy water, let stand, becomes...
March 23
Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
--Lao-tzu
A group of friends went swimming one day and one of them lost a ring in the bottom of the lake.
Everyone started diving from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-22-2016, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 22
We are only human
. . . paying...
March 22
We are only human
. . . paying attention to our growth
Trusting our partner has a lot to do with trusting ourselves. When we feel confused, unsure, or in conflict about our own...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-21-2016, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 21
Our Spiritual Journey
We begin...
March 21
Our Spiritual Journey
We begin our spiritual journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a Power greater than...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-20-2016, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 20
Love cures. It cures those who give...
March 20
Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it.
--Dr. Karl Menninger
Love is no mystery, but its results are magical in many ways. It's generally accepted...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-19-2016, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 19
Hope and patience are two sovereign...
March 19
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposal, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.
--Robert Burton
It is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-18-2016, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 18
You're never too old to grow up. ...
March 18
You're never too old to grow up.
--Shirley Conran
A child's view of adults is that they have arrived at some fixed point where they are emancipated and have all the tools necessary...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-17-2016, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 17
You have three choices: keep on...
March 17
You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends.
--John Knoblauch
Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-16-2016, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 16
I've started to realize that...
March 16
I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-15-2016, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 15
On any journey, we must find out...
March 15
On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step.
--Kathy Boevink
Our lives in all aspects are a journey toward a destination, one fitting to our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-14-2016, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 14
I always entertain great hopes. ...
March 14
I always entertain great hopes.
--Robert Frost
In our honest journey, we must admit life is often difficult and painful. But these facts do not describe all of life, and they do not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-13-2016, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 13
We wonder, "How can I ever say...
March 13
We wonder, "How can I ever say this?"
We need to be free to talk about anything in our intimate relationships. Some things are very hard to say - an old secret we have never told...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-12-2016, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 12
Comparing my insides to other...
March 12
Comparing my insides to other people's outsides causes me problems.
--Joan Rohde
For most of our lives we felt inferior. Others seemed smarter, wittier, and more attractive. We felt...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-11-2016, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 11
The love, the acceptance of other...
March 11
The love, the acceptance of other persons makes me into the unique person I am meant to be.
--Peter G. van Breemen, S.J.
Our destinies are fulfilled through our loving involvement...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-10-2016, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 10
Good Grief
"The strangest...
March 10
Good Grief
"The strangest thing happened," said my friend, a lovably neurotic, very obsessive businessman in his mid-forties.
"I was watching one of those afternoon TV talk show....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-09-2016, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 9
Blame and Criticism
Am I bored?...
March 9
Blame and Criticism
Am I bored? Highly critical? Fearful or anxious? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," I may be suffering the effects of procrastination.
If I am...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-08-2016, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 8
Love it the way it is.
--Thaddeus...
March 8
Love it the way it is.
--Thaddeus Colas
It's easy to love people who are like us, who may have been raised the same way, educated the same way, share the same values, or have had many...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-07-2016, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 7
Being alone and feeling vulnerable....
March 7
Being alone and feeling vulnerable. Like two separate themes, these two parts of myself unite in my being and sow the seeds of my longing for unconditional love.
--Mary Casey
How...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-06-2016, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 6
I can change only myself, but...
March 6
I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough.
--Ruth Humlecker
Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-05-2016, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 5
The art of life is to show your...
March 5
The art of life is to show your hand.
--C.V. Lucas
Newcomer
I've been thinking about talking to another sponsor. Not to replace you - our relationship is important to me, and I get...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-04-2016, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 4
Hope is the thing with feathers ...
March 4
Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.
--Emily Dickinson
We often hum and sing to ourselves because it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-03-2016, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 3
Trying to ignore our worries only...
March 3
Trying to ignore our worries only pushes them underground.
Pretending we are not anxious, when we are, is a tactic that fools no one, especially not ourselves. Attempting to deny or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-02-2016, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
March 2
Battles we've won or lost
Even...
March 2
Battles we've won or lost
Even the continuous recovery we're enjoying is no shield from traps we seem to set for ourselves. At times, we can find ourselves in the foolish game of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-01-2016, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,617
Today's Thought - March
March 1
Reflection for the Day
Change is a part of the flow of life. Sometimes we're frustrated because change seems slow in coming. Sometimes, too, we're resistant to a change that seems to...
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