Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-30-2014, 09:16 AM
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November 30
An inspiring book, a caring...
November 30
An inspiring book, a caring friend, a moment of silence - all can offer the guidance we seek.
We are learning to seek guidance on how to handle the serious circumstances of our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-29-2014, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 29
Fill up your life.
One of...
November 29
Fill up your life.
One of the good things about the blues is their power to make me feel better. No matter how bad it gets in my little world, I can be pretty sure that B.B. King,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-28-2014, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 28
To keep a lamp burning, we have...
November 28
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
--Mother Teresa
Our spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-27-2014, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 27
Count Your Blessings
Count...
November 27
Count Your Blessings
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
Count your many blessings, see what God has done!
--from “Count Your Blessings” by Johnson Oatman Jr.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-26-2014, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 26
You start preparing when you're...
November 26
You start preparing when you're thirty for the person you'll be at eighty.
--Janice Clark
We can't get away from ourselves, at least not entirely. Who we were at ten and twenty and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-25-2014, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 25
I always have two lists: things...
November 25
I always have two lists: things I'm happy about and things I'm not. It's my choice which list I focus on.
--Anne Arthur
Why do we all too eagerly see the glass as half empty rather...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-24-2014, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 24
Children begin by loving their...
November 24
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
--Oscar Wilde
The mature person eventually forgives his parents. Any adult...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-23-2014, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 23
There is no total answer.
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November 23
There is no total answer.
Studying and reading are traditional methods of spiritual growth. With a lifelong routine of study each day, a person or couple grows under the guidance of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-22-2014, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 22
The program has given me the...
November 22
The program has given me the best days I've ever had. But thinking about all that lost time can still bring me down.
--Jane S.
Telling the difference between yesterday, today, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-21-2014, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 21
Love involves a willingness to...
November 21
Love involves a willingness to suffer and to be inconvenienced.
--Lewis F. Presnall
The act of loving another broadens our understanding of the human condition and often pinches...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-20-2014, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 20
Going Easy
Go easy. You may...
November 20
Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-19-2014, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 19
Behind an able man there are...
November 19
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
--Chinese proverb
Most of us have had a strong desire in our lives to "do it ourselves." We have had the idea that strength and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-18-2014, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 18
Birds sing after a storm. Why...
November 18
Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?
--Rose Kennedy
Some of us have been through an awful lot. We have endured pain and hopelessness. Now we have some choices to make. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-17-2014, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 17
We're not here to lose our sense...
November 17
We're not here to lose our sense of humor.
--Richie Berlin
Being too serious is habit forming. However, many aspects of our lives are serious and need to be addressed. Our disease,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-16-2014, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 16
Acceptance
When we have...
November 16
Acceptance
When we have given our lives back to our Higher Power, we gradually learn to accept what happens to us as part of the plan. Most of us made a mess of trying to run our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-15-2014, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 15
Today's thought from Hazelden...
November 15
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
Some of us have an insatiable desire to do something about every situation that occurs in our lives. We fret about this, we rush into that, and we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-14-2014, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 14
Being present is an expression...
November 14
Being present is an expression of love.
When someone we care about is in distress, we may not know what to say. We'd like to make the hurt go away and set everything right, but we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-13-2014, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 13
Everything is so dangerous that...
November 13
Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening.
--Gertrude Stein
Life is full of dangers and risks and challenges. We can choose to meet them fearfully or in a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-12-2014, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 12
If the only tool you have is a...
November 12
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
-- Abraham Maslow
When we can take a long view of our problems, we can sometimes see that we're...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-11-2014, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 11
The Evolving Relationship
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November 11
The Evolving Relationship
. . . a partner who provided a place to climb.
Once when climbing rocks with friends, a woman reached a place she decided was impossible to move beyond....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-10-2014, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 10
Hurts do heal.
Time has a...
November 10
Hurts do heal.
Time has a wonderful way of erasing bad feelings and leaving us with good ones. Our memories are selective, and fortunately, the pleasant ones seem to have more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-09-2014, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 9
I must change
Spirit of the...
November 9
I must change
Spirit of the Universe, I pray to remember,
No one can make me change.
No one can stop me from changing.
No one really knows how I must change,
Not even I. Not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-08-2014, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 8
Happiness is not a matter of...
November 8
Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
--Alice Meynell
It's all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-07-2014, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 7
Practicing Serenity
We often...
November 7
Practicing Serenity
We often urge ourselves to hurry up when there's no good reason for it. At such times, all we really do is create needless tension and anxiety.
The slogan...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-06-2014, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 6
How we look at the world.
...
November 6
How we look at the world.
The world we live in has much that is good and much that is bad. Each day we can seek out the positive or the negative. If we choose to dwell on the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-05-2014, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 5
The most wasted of all days is...
November 5
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
--E. E. Cummings
One of the true gifts of recovery is that we learn to laugh again. No matter how beat up our spirits have been...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-04-2014, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 4
Enjoying reality
Cloud Nine...
November 4
Enjoying reality
Cloud Nine does not compare to the joys and beauty of a clean life. In fact, Cloud Nine is opposed to our new way of life. It's a fantasy, a trip, a high - like that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-03-2014, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,195
November 3
All things pass... Patience...
November 3
All things pass... Patience attains all that it strives for.
-- St. Teresa of Avila
Some days, it seems like our struggles will never end. The pain, the loss, the heartaches, the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-02-2014, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 2
The Wolf and the Crane
A...
November 2
The Wolf and the Crane
A wolf had been eating when a bone became stuck in his throat. Soon, the pain became excruciating. He rushed to a pond, thinking water would loosen the bone....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-01-2014, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,195
Today's Thought - November
November 1
Defining good in my life is up to me.
We've heard, "Life is as good as we make it," but this sounds far too simplistic. We look at friends, family, and co-workers and often see much...
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