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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-31-2015, 07:45 AM
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January 31 Reflection for the Day Since...

January 31

Reflection for the Day

Since I came to The Program, I've become increasingly aware of the Serenity Prayer. I see it on literature covers, the walls of meeting rooms, and in the homes...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-30-2015, 05:34 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 30 Nothing ventured, nothing gained....

January 30

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

We pray for "courage to change the things we can.'' Change requires giving up familiar old ways to try something new. Even though the old ways...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-29-2015, 08:19 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 29 Nothing is so bad that relapse...

January 29

Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse.
--Anonymous

The stories we hear in meetings often shock us. It seems hard to believe that some members could have harmed...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-28-2015, 07:34 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 28 When a, man leaves off believing...

January 28

When a, man leaves off believing in imaginary property, then only will he make use of his true property.
--Leo Tolstoy

The original meaning of property is "belonging to the self."...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-27-2015, 05:53 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 27 Where is God? AA members...

January 27

Where is God?

AA members have always had a difficult time explaining the "God business." We didn't want to be considered religious, but at the same time we've always believed some...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-26-2015, 08:17 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 26 Accepting Every Task Dear...

January 26

Accepting Every Task

Dear God,

Help me find the strength to be effective and accept responsibility. I am asking you for the strength I need each day. You have proven in countless...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-25-2015, 06:53 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 25 In order to arrive at possessing...

January 25

In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing.
- St. John of the Cross

Expectations can cause havoc in our daily living. We all have a basic right to be...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-24-2015, 08:10 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 24 First Things First - Order ...

January 24

First Things First - Order

Busy people often declare, with some exasperation, that they cannot do everything at once. People with emotional problems, a group that includes many...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-23-2015, 05:51 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 23 Moving Forward Time past is...

January 23

Moving Forward

Time past is gone forever, and we can never go back to it. Even our disease progresses forward. We cannot expect to control it by a return to measures which may have...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-22-2015, 05:29 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 22 Letting go is a decision. ...

January 22

Letting go is a decision.

The obsession to pressure other people to see things our way keeps us agitated. In contrast, the wisdom to understand that every person's view has validity,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-21-2015, 05:43 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 21 Make yourself at home. It...

January 21

Make yourself at home.

It was night, only a few months after I'd begun my skydiving adventure. It was too cold to stay in my tent; I had rented a cabin near the drop zone. Now I'd...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-20-2015, 04:24 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 20 What a man thinks of himself,...

January 20

What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
--Henry David Thoreau

Let us think of ourselves as made of dust, and allow us to be as proud...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-19-2015, 06:33 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 19 Slow Down and Live Many of...

January 19

Slow Down and Live

Many of us rush through our days as well as rush through our meals. Often we let ourselves get so busy that we do not enjoy what we are doing or what we are...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-18-2015, 04:20 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 18 Imagination has always had powers...

January 18

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.
--Ingrid Bengis

In the imagination are transmitted messages, from God to us. Inspiration is born there....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-17-2015, 05:10 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 17 Celebrate who you are ...

January 17


Celebrate who you are

Today, celebrate who you are. Yes, you have much in common with other people. But you're also uniquely you.

Grab a piece of paper and something to write...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-16-2015, 03:13 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 16 There is no right way to pray. ...

January 16

There is no right way to pray.

Prayer is not a requirement of Twelve Step programs like Al-Anon. In fact, the program has no requirements. It has only suggestions that if followed...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-15-2015, 04:02 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 15 The human brain forgets ninety...

January 15

The human brain forgets ninety percent of what goes on.
--Jan Milner

There were two women who shared a house and raised their daughters, two toddlers, together. Then one of the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-14-2015, 04:28 AM
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Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 14 When we are feeling unloved and...

January 14

When we are feeling unloved and depressed and empty inside, finding someone to give us love is not really the solution.
--Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.

Each of us wants to be...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-13-2015, 04:44 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
January 13 You love me so much; you want to...

January 13

You love me so much; you want to put me in your pocket. And I should die there smothered.
--D. H. Lawrence

Adult children often try to control people to keep them from moving away....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-12-2015, 04:01 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 12 Recovery is civil war, but it is...

January 12

Recovery is civil war, but it is a war that can be won.
--Sister Imelda

How often do we hear people say, "Sure, I know it's the right thing to do - but it's easier said than done!''...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-11-2015, 04:46 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 11 When I feed on resentments and...

January 11

When I feed on resentments and anger, I am giving someone else rent-free space in my head.
--Kathy Kendall

Becoming consumed by our emotions is all too familiar. It was a favorite...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-10-2015, 03:50 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 10 Who Knows Best? Others do...

January 10

Who Knows Best?

Others do not know what's best for us.

We do not know what's best for others.

It is our job to determine what's best for ourselves.
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-09-2015, 03:47 AM
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Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 9 If you do not express your own...

January 9

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
--Rollo May

Those of us who go around trying to be right and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-08-2015, 04:27 AM
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Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 8 God does not require that we be...

January 8

God does not require that we be successful, only that we be faithful.
--Mother Teresa

It is probable we have never equated success with faith. Being successful meant accomplishing...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-07-2015, 04:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 7 A controller doesn't trust his/her...

January 7

A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
--Rita Mae...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-06-2015, 04:23 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 6 Life is for enjoying. It is not a...

January 6

Life is for enjoying. It is not a race to see how much you can get done.
--Jill Clark

Before we quit using alcohol and other drugs, we wasted precious hours, days, maybe years....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-05-2015, 03:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 5 Let Go and Let God. --Twelve...

January 5

Let Go and Let God.
--Twelve Step slogan

Some days we might ask ourselves, Is it worth it? We feel alone. No one seems to care. Life seems hard. Recovery seems hard.

This is when...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-04-2015, 06:22 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 4 "All too often," confesses a gal,...

January 4

"All too often," confesses a gal, "I get so caught up in hurry and worry that I ignore my own needs. I push myself so hard to get this and that done that I make myself physically ill...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-03-2015, 04:22 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 3 When I came in, they told me, "Let...

January 3

When I came in, they told me, "Let us love you until you can learn to love yourself."
--Anonymous

It takes a long time to learn to love ourselves. So many things we've done seem hard...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-02-2015, 04:52 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
January 2 The new is but the old come true;...

January 2

The new is but the old come true; each sunrise sees a new year born.
--Helen Hunt Jackson

We know that a totally new life can begin on any day of a year, at any hour of the day, or...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 01-01-2015, 03:43 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,660
Posted By bluidkiti
Today's Thought - January

January 1

Reflection for the Day
In the old days, I saw everything in terms of forever. Endless hours were spent rehashing old mistakes. I tried to take comfort in the forlorn hope that tomorrow...
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