Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2014, 03:40 AM
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December 31
Time is a circle. The end is the...
December 31
Time is a circle. The end is the beginning.
Day by day, a year comes and goes. Today's end is the beginning of the rest of our lives. We take with us what we have learned today. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-30-2014, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 30
Being less than perfect.
It...
December 30
Being less than perfect.
It was not a perfect year. But is there ever a perfect year? Being clean and sober does not purport or offer perfection. It gives us a chance to strive for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-29-2014, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 29
Has it been a year of growth?
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December 29
Has it been a year of growth?
As any year draws to a close, we should reflect on how we have grown in sobriety. We should also identify changes during the year that enabled us to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-28-2014, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 28
One needs something to believe...
December 28
One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have wholehearted enthusiasm.
--Hannah Senesh
Life offers little if we sit passively in the midst of activity....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-27-2014, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 27
Love-ability
A friend of...
December 27
Love-ability
A friend of mine recently told me how he met his wife. He had watched her walk by his store every day for a year with her young son. She also happened to be a friend of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-26-2014, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 26
Working today
As we...
December 26
Working today
As we approach a new year, many of us feel fear. We look back on the past and worry about the future. But if we remember we only have today, we can work to make that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-25-2014, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 25
Celebration is a forgetting in...
December 25
Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go.
--Matthew Fox
A holiday presents us with an opportunity to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-24-2014, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 24
... [To] take something from...
December 24
... [To] take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
--Thomas More
We take different kinds...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-23-2014, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 23
To practice five things under...
December 23
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
--Confucius
Some of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-22-2014, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 22
Keep your recovery First to...
December 22
Keep your recovery First to make it Last.
--Anonymous
We all encounter places, people, and times of the year which trigger memories of our old lifestyle, pleasant or painful...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-21-2014, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 21
Forgiveness is all-powerful....
December 21
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
--Catherine Ponder
Getting mad at someone, a friend perhaps, is normal. Everybody gets mad sometimes. But when we stay mad...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-20-2014, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 20
A.A. Thought for the Day
The...
December 20
A.A. Thought for the Day
The satisfaction we get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. Don't worry about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-19-2014, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 19
Fear is only an illusion. It is...
December 19
Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness - the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination.
--Jeraldine Sounders
We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-18-2014, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 18
Love one another, but make not a...
December 18
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
--Kahlil Gibran
Love doesn't demand; love compromises. It doesn't possess; it frees. Love doesn't gloat; it praises. Love makes...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-17-2014, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 17
I am only one, but still I am...
December 17
I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-16-2014, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 16
Will Power - Our willingness to...
December 16
Will Power - Our willingness to be used by a Higher Power.
--Alcoholics Anonymous
How many times have you wanted something very badly, only to realize at a later date that having...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-15-2014, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 15
All of my life I been like a...
December 15
All of my life I been like a doubled up fist... poundin', smashin', drivin' - now I'm going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them.
--Tennessee Williams
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-14-2014, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 14
I don't know the key to success,...
December 14
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
--Bill Cosby
"Oh, how I wish my dad would get sober." "Oh, how I want my friend to get help...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-13-2014, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 13
Learning stamps you with its...
December 13
Learning stamps you with its moments.
--Eudora Welty
We never stop learning. We absorb information every waking moment. And while we sleep, we process what we encounter during the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-12-2014, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 12
The best place to find a helping...
December 12
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
--Swedish proverb
During our illness, we hurt others. We hurt ourselves. We messed up a lot. So, a lot of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2014, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 11
Worry and Stress
"I'm...
December 11
Worry and Stress
"I'm learning it's what I do with my today that counts," said one group member. "I can make this a day to remember or a day to regret just by the kinds of thoughts...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-10-2014, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 10
Sincere love is not born of...
December 10
Sincere love is not born of possessiveness but of necessary space and distance.
--Melanie Gainsley
Dimestore romance novels and the passion frequently portrayed in movies invite us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-09-2014, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 9
Anticipate the good so that you...
December 9
Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.
--Ethiopian Proverb
Newcomer
I'm getting closer to 90 days - I'm in the 80s now. I'm excited. It's a miracle that I've been able to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2014, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 8
He who helps a friend in woe is...
December 8
He who helps a friend in woe is like a fur coat in the snow.
--Russian Proverb
We came in from a very hard life when we came into recovery, kind of like coming in from a blizzard in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-07-2014, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 7
It doesn't happen all at once.......
December 7
It doesn't happen all at once.... You become. It takes a long time.
--Margery Williams
Our spiritual awakening is partly a process of becoming real. We're moving from the external...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-06-2014, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 6
Other people can't meet our needs...
December 6
Other people can't meet our needs if we don't tell them what our needs are.
We need tenderness and caring from our families and friends. We need their acceptance, understanding, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-05-2014, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 5
Reflection for the Day
I...
December 5
Reflection for the Day
I know today that getting active means trying to live the suggested Steps of the Program to the best of my ability. It means striving for some degree of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-04-2014, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 4
Even though I can't solve your...
December 4
Even though I can't solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me.
--Sandra K. Lamberson
The prize we each have been given is our ability to offer...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-03-2014, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 3
Should everybody like me?
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December 3
Should everybody like me?
When people say they are people-pleasers, they're acknowledging that it's a problem.
It's a problem because it reflects a desire to have everybody's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-02-2014, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
December 2
God grant me the serenity
To...
December 2
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.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
Some things I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-01-2014, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,896
Today's Thought - December
December 1
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
--Dodie Smith
When we change our lives, we give up old patterns. Some of these old patterns, as harmful as they may have...
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