Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-31-2015, 07:12 AM
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May 31
Detachment means "freedom from...
May 31
Detachment means "freedom from emotion."
Letting someone else's behavior determine how we feel at every turn is irresponsible. Our emotions should be determined by us, not by someone...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-30-2015, 07:26 AM
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May 30
We learn as much from sorrow as from...
May 30
We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage - and indeed perhaps more.
--Pearl S. Buck
If we or a loved one is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-29-2015, 06:20 AM
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May 29
The cost of a thing is the amount of...
May 29
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life, which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
--Henry David Thoreau
Consider the young man who...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-28-2015, 08:23 AM
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May 28
I can hear music...sweet, sweet...
May 28
I can hear music...sweet, sweet music.
--Brian Wilson
We often find it helpful to think about the role music has played in our lives. Sometimes, it has been a problem for us - time...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-27-2015, 07:39 AM
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May 27
Change in all things is sweet.
--...
May 27
Change in all things is sweet.
-- Aristotle
Newcomer
I don't know why I'm still going through such emotional ups and downs at this point. I'm not in withdrawal, my body chemistry is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-26-2015, 08:55 AM
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May 26
The Enemy Within
Why do we...
May 26
The Enemy Within
Why do we self-destruct? The problem of evil has been with us ever since the serpent tempted Eve to eat the apple. We often feel at war internally, one self fighting...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-25-2015, 07:55 AM
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May 25
Nobody can change my thoughts but me....
May 25
Nobody can change my thoughts but me.
The first of the Twelve Steps asks us to admit we are powerless. Our first question might be, Why? Shouldn't we try to change the conditions in our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-24-2015, 09:06 AM
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May 24
Love doesn't just sit there, like a...
May 24
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
--Ursula K. Le Guin
In the first phases of a relationship, everything is new and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-23-2015, 08:45 AM
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May 23
All animals except man know that the...
May 23
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
--Samuel Butler
If we take time to watch animals, we see that they have a zest for life that seems to engage them...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-22-2015, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 30
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May 22
It took me a long time to realize...
May 22
It took me a long time to realize that when I hate somebody it doesn't hurt them. Only me.
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Call your sponsor before, not after, you take your first drink.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-21-2015, 07:51 AM
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May 21
We must continuously fine-tune our...
May 21
We must continuously fine-tune our bearings.
No one can set sail and expect to forget the wind. First you stand in the open air, feel the wind touch your face, and take note of its...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-20-2015, 08:18 AM
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May 20
God hasn't called me to be...
May 20
God hasn't called me to be successful. He's called me to be faithful.
--Mother Teresa
A reporter asked Mother Teresa how she could bear to go on working at such a hopeless task day...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-19-2015, 07:41 AM
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May 19
To err is human; to blame it on the...
May 19
To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human.
--Bob Goddard
We are on a path that leads us to become better people with greater insight and stronger character. A...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-18-2015, 08:15 AM
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May 18
The process rather than the product...
May 18
The process rather than the product is primary in caring, for it is only in the present that I can attend to the other.
--Milton Mayeroff
The moment that captures us now is all we have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-17-2015, 08:09 AM
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May 17
Letting Go of Old Beliefs
Try...
May 17
Letting Go of Old Beliefs
Try harder. Do better. Be perfect.
These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-16-2015, 08:56 AM
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May 16
Spring is when you feel like...
May 16
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
--Doug Larson
Life is never just one thing. It is quite possible to feel optimistic and happy even when some...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-15-2015, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 15
If one advances confidently in the...
May 15
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
--Henry David...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-14-2015, 08:29 AM
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May 14
Nature is the Art of God.
--Sir...
May 14
Nature is the Art of God.
--Sir Thomas Browne
The most relaxing activities may be the ones in which we do absolutely nothing. And if we can do nothing amid the sounds of nature - birds...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-13-2015, 06:25 AM
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May 13
A mother is not a person to lean on,...
May 13
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
--Dorothy Canfield Fisher
A strong, healthy tree is one which is free to grow straight and tall. A weak...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-12-2015, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 30
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May 12
Success is just a matter of luck. Ask...
May 12
Success is just a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
--Edmund Wilson
Jim worked very hard all day cleaning cars in a drive-through car wash. He used to have a better job, but he wanted to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-11-2015, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 11
There's too much confusion here, I...
May 11
There's too much confusion here, I can't get no relief.
--Bob Dylan
Addiction is like the maze in a carnival fun house - no matter, which way we turn; we seem to run into blank walls....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-10-2015, 08:49 AM
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May 10
We.
-- First word of the Twelve...
May 10
We.
-- First word of the Twelve Steps
We. This little word says a lot about the Twelve Steps. Our addiction made us lonely. The "we" of the program makes us whole again. It makes us a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-09-2015, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 9
Treat your friends as you would a bank...
May 9
Treat your friends as you would a bank account - refrain from drawing too heavily on either.
--Samuel Johnson
"You know," somebody admitted, "I've never really allowed myself to have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-08-2015, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 8
"Depressions are transition times for...
May 8
"Depressions are transition times for me," an older fellow stated. "I look at my lows as a preparation period, an inner time to grow and change even though I'm not consciously aware of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-07-2015, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 7
A man takes a drink, the drink takes...
May 7
A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man.
-- Proverb
Newcomer
I've heard Alcoholics Anonymous members say, "It's the first drink that gets you drunk,"...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-06-2015, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 6
Three grand essentials to happiness in...
May 6
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
--Joseph Addison
Having someone to bestow our love on - a child,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-05-2015, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 5
Whatever you can do or dream you can...
May 5
Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it.
--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Newcomer
I signed up to take a course in something I'm kind of interested in. I'm pretty anxious about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-04-2015, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 4
I hope I shall follow firmness of...
May 4
I hope I shall follow firmness of virtue enough to maintain that I consider the most enviable of all titles - the character of an honest man.
--George Washington
Happiness in recovery...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2015, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 3
We can practice forgiveness each day. ...
May 3
We can practice forgiveness each day.
Resentments have a way of creeping back into my psyche even after I have let go of them. I know that holding a grudge is harmful to my emotional...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2015, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
May 2
The gifts we receive are meant to be...
May 2
The gifts we receive are meant to be shared.
Thanks to the progress I am making in recovery, I like to think I am more loving, more open, more spontaneous, more confident. I believe these...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2015, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,778
Today's Thought - May
May 1
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is true for women too. We sure learned that about our disease as well. It kept us thinking about alcohol or drugs...
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