Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-31-2017, 04:27 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 31
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AA Thought for the Day
July 31
Liabilities
“Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct.
When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-30-2017, 05:15 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 30
Fears ...
AA Thought for the Day
July 30
Fears
We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character,
every dark cranny of the past. Once we have taken this step,
withholding...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-29-2017, 06:18 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 29
Defiance...
AA Thought for the Day
July 29
Defiance
“When we encountered A.A., the fallacy of our defiance was revealed.
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us;
instead we had been telling...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-28-2017, 04:45 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 28
A Power...
AA Thought for the Day
July 28
A Power
Let us make haste to reassure you. We found that as soon as we were able to
lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-27-2017, 05:41 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 27, 2017
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AA Thought for the Day
July 27, 2017
Amends
Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep
away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-26-2017, 05:56 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 26
Certain...
AA Thought for the Day
July 26
Certain Steps
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened,
and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-25-2017, 04:29 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 25
Failure...
AA Thought for the Day
July 25
Failure
"In God's economy, nothing is wasted.
Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility,
which is probably needed, painful though it is.”
- As Bill...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-24-2017, 05:39 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 24
Help ...
AA Thought for the Day
July 24
Help
Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not
live up to them even though we would have liked to. Neither could we reduce...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-23-2017, 06:00 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 23
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
July 23
Step Seven
When ready, we say something like this:
"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.
I pray that you now remove from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-22-2017, 07:57 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 22
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AA Thought for the Day
July 22
Bankruptcy
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves
which had brought us to physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.
We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-21-2017, 05:32 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 21
Courage...
AA Thought for the Day
July 21
Courage
We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator.
We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness.
Paradoxically, it is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-20-2017, 04:49 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 20
Fifth...
AA Thought for the Day
July 20
Fifth Step
Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get
a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-19-2017, 05:09 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 19
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AA Thought for the Day
July 19
Enjoying Life
We have been speaking to you of serious, sometimes tragic things.
We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspect. But we aren’t a glum...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-18-2017, 06:24 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 18
Faith ...
AA Thought for the Day
July 18
Faith
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.
We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-17-2017, 05:27 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 17
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AA Thought for the Day
July 17
Spiritually Sick
Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-16-2017, 05:30 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 16
Anger ...
AA Thought for the Day
July 16
Anger
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.
The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us.
They may be the dubious luxury of normal men,
but for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-15-2017, 06:28 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 15
A...
AA Thought for the Day
July 15
A Question
Our friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!"
But later, alone in his room, he...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-14-2017, 06:24 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 14
Helping...
AA Thought for the Day
July 14
Helping Others
If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady.
Show him, from your own experience, how...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-13-2017, 06:30 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 13
A...
AA Thought for the Day
July 13
A Tornado
The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others.
Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-12-2017, 06:10 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 12, 2017
We...
AA Thought for the Day
July 12, 2017
We Review
Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done.
We thank God from the bottom of our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-11-2017, 06:37 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 11
Amends ...
AA Thought for the Day
July 11
Amends
We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth
while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-10-2017, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 30
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AA Thought for the Day
July 10
Daily...
AA Thought for the Day
July 10
Daily Inventory
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved,
a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-09-2017, 06:25 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 9
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AA Thought for the Day
July 9
Forgiveness
If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions.
But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our cooperation....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-08-2017, 06:27 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 8
Prayer...
AA Thought for the Day
July 8
Prayer and Meditation
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense
of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2017, 06:20 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 7
Rebellion...
AA Thought for the Day
July 7
Rebellion
A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. Rebellion dogs our every step at first.
When we have finally...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2017, 06:09 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 6
Two...
AA Thought for the Day
July 6
Two Alternatives
If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution.
We were in a position where life was becoming...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2017, 07:23 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 5
Why They...
AA Thought for the Day
July 5
Why They Fell
Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives.
Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2017, 05:32 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 4
A New...
AA Thought for the Day
July 4
A New Freedom
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-03-2017, 06:47 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 3
Program...
AA Thought for the Day
July 3
Program of Action
The program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic.
It meant I would have to throw several lifelong conceptions out of the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-02-2017, 06:35 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
July 2
Obsession...
AA Thought for the Day
July 2
Obsession
It is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized
by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people.
The idea...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2017, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 10,484
AA Thoughts For Today - July
AA Thought for the Day
July 1
Our Hope
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need,
will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing
ourselves...
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