Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-31-2016, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 31 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 31
Hangovers
Few people who have ever had a hangover could forget how unreasonably irritable it makes you feel.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-30-2016, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 30 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 30
Change
The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better
and then an unremitting willingness to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-29-2016, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 29 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 29
Facing Challenges
Life is meant to be lived by facing the challenges it brings. Otherwise, I'm not living, just existing.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-28-2016, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 28 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 28
In His Hands
Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have
-- the key...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-27-2016, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 27 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 27
Tolerance
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood
with all men and women of whatever...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-26-2016, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 26 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 26
Spirituality
I finally began to separate the religious aspects of my life from AA's spiritual program.
Now the big...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-25-2016, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 25 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 25
Willpower
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. . .
Our whole...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-24-2016, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 24 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 24
Depressions
My depressions are mostly brought on by frustration, fear of the future, self-pity, rage at my lot in life, but...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-23-2016, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 23 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 23
Tradition Two
"For our group purpose there is one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our Group...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-22-2016, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 22 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 22
Changing Attitudes
I realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into powerlessness....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-21-2016, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 21 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 21
Foundation
In my own case, the foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of faith:
a faith that, despite all...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-20-2016, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 20 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 20
Drinking Occasions
Many of us have had the guts, if pressure to drink really got unpleasantly strong,
simply to make...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-19-2016, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 19 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 19
Meditation
Meditation belongs and grows with daily life and daily growth,
for it is in daily life that analytical thought...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-18-2016, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 18 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 18
Think
AA has changed my thinking entirely, about everything I do.
I can't afford resentments against anyone, because they...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-17-2016, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 17 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 17
Fellowship
The fellowship in AA is unique. Ties are made overnight that it would take years to develop elsewhere.
No...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-16-2016, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 16 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 16
Contrast
The simple contrast between active alcoholism and active sobriety
has helped me to seek, listen and to apply the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-14-2016, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 15 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 15
Let Go
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it --
then you are ready...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-14-2016, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 14 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 14
The Language of the Heart
From the beginning, communication in AA has been no ordinary transmission of helpful ideas and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-13-2016, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 13 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 13
Self-pity
"Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know.
It is a bar to all spiritual...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-12-2016, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 12 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 12
Listening
Sometimes, the body can speak an eloquent language all its own. I see that in meetings.
So coming to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-11-2016, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 11 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 11
A New Perspective
For some of us, it is easier to slow ourselves down if we have the help of another person.
We may...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-10-2016, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 10 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 10
Progress
As I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency, I realize that my zigzag, erratic and inconsistent course
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-09-2016, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 9
Belief ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 9
Belief
Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility
to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-08-2016, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 8
Purpose ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 8
Purpose
This latest part of my life has had a purpose, not in great things accomplished, but in daily living.
Courage to face each day has replaced the fears...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-07-2016, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 7
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AA Thought for the Day
March 7
Resentments
Selfishness -- self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-06-2016, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 6 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 6
The Home Group
The home group is where recovery begins;
it is where AA members grow up in sobriety by the time-honored ...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-05-2016, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 5 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 5
Letting Go
For a long time, I had the idea that I must succeed, I must be right, I must be important.
If I let go, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-04-2016, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 4 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 4
The Lesson
Above all, AA taught me how to handle sobriety. I have learned how to relate to people;
before AA, I could...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-03-2016, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 3 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 3
Surrender
It is only when I have experienced enough emotional pain, through failed attempts to fix myself,
that I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-02-2016, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thought for the Day
March 2 ...
AA Thought for the Day
March 2
Emotional Sobriety
Those adolescent urges that so many of us have for top approval, perfect security, and perfect romance --...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
03-01-2016, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,180
AA Thoughts For Today - March
AA Thought for the Day
March 1
An Explanation
I woke up the Saturday morning following the beginners meeting with the answer absolutely clear:
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