Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-30-2014, 08:01 AM
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September 30
There is no such thing as...
September 30
There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.
--Hosea Bellou
We live in a society driven by the concept of competition. "We are Number One" is drummed in our ears...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-29-2014, 07:51 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-28-2014, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 28
All the arts we practice are...
September 28
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
--M. C. Richards
What you do for a living is not who you are. You are more, much more, than that.
It's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-27-2014, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 27
It is better to light a candle...
September 27
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
-- Chinese Proverb
With all the negativity that surrounds us, it is easy to become overwhelmed. It is also tempting to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-26-2014, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 26
I never saw a wild thing sorry...
September 26
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
--D. H. Lawrence
Sometimes when we feel sorry for ourselves we will sit alone in our bedroom. We may even feel so down in the dumps that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-25-2014, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 25
A thousand eyes, but none with...
September 25
A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision.
--Isacher Hurwitz
William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-24-2014, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 24
About the time I wish I were...
September 24
About the time I wish I were dead, something falls in my path about which I make a difference. Then I figure God was saving me for that.
--Janice Clark
Not everybody has the easy...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-23-2014, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 23
I believe that every single...
September 23
I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear.
--Oprah Winfrey
When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-22-2014, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 22
If there's a harder way of...
September 22
If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it.
-- Ralph E. Ross
When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-21-2014, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 21
I couldn't hit a wall with a...
September 21
I couldn't hit a wall with a six-gun, but I can twirl one. It looks good.
--John Wayne
Many of us fake emotions because our past experiences never taught us how to use boundaries...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-20-2014, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 20
The only way out is through....
September 20
The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.
--Fritz Perls
You are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-19-2014, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 19
It is only with the heart that...
September 19
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly....
--Antoine de Saint Exupery
If we look at the world through suspicious or angry eyes, we'll find a world that mirrors our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-18-2014, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 18
There is no love apart from the...
September 18
There is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love but that which is manifested in loving.
--Jean-Paul Sartre
Newcomer
Sometimes I wonder if I can give or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-17-2014, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 17
He who has courage and faith...
September 17
He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!
--Anne Frank
Someone once said happiness is like a butterfly: if we chase it, we'll never find it. But if we sit quietly,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-16-2014, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 16
He's making me crazy. I don't...
September 16
He's making me crazy. I don't understand. Why would someone say they were going to do one thing, then do something so different from what they say? He looks so good and talks so good....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-15-2014, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 15
People who fight fire with fire...
September 15
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
--Abigail Van Buren
How did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-14-2014, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 14
You are the hero of your life. ...
September 14
You are the hero of your life.
Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script, along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-13-2014, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 13
He who requires urging to do a...
September 13
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.
--Kahlil Gibran
The Third Step speaks of willingness. Willingness puts our hearts and souls into the task at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-12-2014, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 12
No person could save another. ...
September 12
No person could save another.
--Joyce Carol Oates
We encounter the experiences we need in our lives. It's sometimes hard to believe that when we're grappling with disappointment,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-11-2014, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 11
Dealing with Anger
"The...
September 11
Dealing with Anger
"The most heated bit of letter-writing can be a wonderful safety valve," AA cofounder Bill W. said, "providing the wastebasket is somewhere nearby."
This is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-10-2014, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 10
The elevator is broken; use the...
September 10
The elevator is broken; use the Steps.
--Anonymous
Elevators are easy. We push a button and we go right to the top. The way is fast, quick, and silent. We don't work up a sweat....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-09-2014, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 30
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September 9
Forming new habits
We form...
September 9
Forming new habits
We form habits and then these habits begin to form us. For so long we had such self-destructive ways of being: We were self-centered, angry, and critical people,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-08-2014, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-07-2014, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 7
A.A. Thought for the Day
...
September 7
A.A. Thought for the Day
Our faith is apt to be weak, and so we have to strengthen and build up this faith. We do this by going to meetings and listening to others tell how they...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-06-2014, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 6
The less able I am to believe in...
September 6
The less able I am to believe in our epoch and the more arid and depraved mankind seems in my eyes, the less I look to revolution as the remedy and the more I believe in the magic of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-05-2014, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-04-2014, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 4
Don't be a Victim
Some...
September 4
Don't be a Victim
Some people refer to us as victims of our problems, but we should not accept such labeling. A better term for us is survivors.
Working in step with our Higher...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-03-2014, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 3
We lie loudest when we lie to...
September 3
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
--Eric Hoffer
When we're not honest with others, we're not being honest with ourselves. In recovery, we're taught how to heal our hearts....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-02-2014, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
September 2
Many people think they can't...
September 2
Many people think they can't paint, but I think everyone has artistic ability of some kind.
-- Eva Wines
Many of us probably don't agree with Eva, particularly if we haven't tried...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-01-2014, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,816
Today's Thought - September
September 1
A.A. Thought for the Day
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burden of those two awful eternities, yesterday and tomorrow, that we break...
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