Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Today, 06:34 AM
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May 5: Deliberately come into peace as you...
May 5: Deliberately come into peace as you release yourself from stress. Step on to the firm foundation of faith in My word, in My kingdom, and in relationship with Me, says the Lord. When your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 740
May 5
The purpose of life is a life of...
May 5
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
~Robert Byrne
When we first get sober, our main job for the first couple years is just to get well. It's a big job because our disease has...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 09:32 AM
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This is an awesome read from todays thought.
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This is an awesome read from todays thought.
Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.
~Matthew Arnold
Our need for approval compels us to try to look good -...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Yesterday, 06:22 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 4
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May 4
Resolve to be thyself; and know that...
May 4
Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.
~Matthew Arnold
Our need for approval compels us to try to look good - no matter what's going on. We imagine...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
May 5
Something good from it
What...
May 5
Something good from it
What irritates you does not last. Consider that, let go of the irritation, and move on.
What frustrates you provides insight into your own priorities. Use that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 9
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May 4
Also enjoy tomorrow
Momentary...
May 4
Also enjoy tomorrow
Momentary pleasures are great, provided they don’t result in long-term burdens. If the cost lingers longer than the pleasure, it’s probably not worth it.
With each...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
Good Friday morning.
Love's gentle touch, ...
Good Friday morning.
Love's gentle touch,
Guiding the broken soul,
God's grace shines bright,
Wisdom's steady hand at helm,
Yacht of recovery sails on.
Selflessness blooms,
In service to...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-03-2024, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 570
May 3: When difficulties and challenges arise,...
May 3: When difficulties and challenges arise, you must be flexible to do what is required of you. Realize that I am with you to give you wisdom and direction in every circumstance. Do not be afraid...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 740
May 3
Waiting
Wait. If the time is not...
May 3
Waiting
Wait. If the time is not right, the way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait. We may feel a sense of urgency. We may want to resolve the issue by doing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-03-2024, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
May 3
One thing or another
Devote more...
May 3
One thing or another
Devote more time to joy, and there will be less time for anxiety. Make more space for love, and there will be less room for anger.
Light and darkness cannot exist...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-02-2024, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2024, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 740
May 2
Your feeling of being unforgiven and...
May 2
Your feeling of being unforgiven and unforgivable is what makes you suffer so. But it only exists in your heart or mind.
~Sogyal Rinpoche
Step Five shows us the way to self?acceptance...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-02-2024, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
May 2
Good and tired
Being tired from...
May 2
Good and tired
Being tired from ambitious effort feels a whole lot better than being tired of doing nothing. If you’re going to be tired anyway at the end of the day, then make it count...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 740
Today's Thought - May
May 1
A slogan that can help us is "Keep an open mind."
We are so certain we are right. And part of the time we are. However, the more we grow in Al-Anon or other Twelve Step programs, the more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
05-01-2024, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 615
Daily Motivator - May
May 1
Own your mistakes
You’re going to make mistakes. When you do, acknowledge them, learn from them, and move on.
It all sounds so simple and obvious, as indeed it is. But that doesn’t...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
05-01-2024, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 570
Small Straws In A Soft Wind - May
May 1: You can look back regretting the things you have done and the circumstances you have endured, but it will not change what was or has been. What you can do is repent and ask the forgiveness of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 30
The life of the spirit is centrally...
April 30
The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action. Spirituality is something done, not merely something believed or known or experienced.
~Mary McDermott Shideler
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-30-2024, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 30
Quality of attention
Notice...
April 30
Quality of attention
Notice what enters your awareness from moment to moment. Does it merely promote and support some worn-out agenda, or is it a genuine experience of life?
The...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-29-2024, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
April 29: It is time to clear the air and be...
April 29: It is time to clear the air and be honest about your mistakes and shortcomings. Put the times of shame behind you for the last time so that you can forge ahead as a true child of God. There...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2024, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 29
Lessons from Pain
The will of...
April 29
Lessons from Pain
The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.
~Anonymous
Today we are living free from compulsions and addictions, but that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-29-2024, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 29
Make it happen
You can...
April 29
Make it happen
You can actually get this done. Start where you are, and keep going.
Don’t be too concerned with whether it’s easy or hard, complicated or simple. Just determine what...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-28-2024, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 454
What Brings Us Here
Our difficulty that all of us have is not what any of us think it is when we all arrive here at recovery, but has brought all of us to recovery even without any of us even knowing what this is, it...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-28-2024, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2024, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,478
May 5
Daily Reflections
THE FOREST AND...
May 5
Daily Reflections
THE FOREST AND THE TREES
. . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own
rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking
to another person is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-28-2024, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 28
In the important decisions, we...
April 28
In the important decisions, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.
~Sigmund Freud
We make decisions all the time, and every one, large or small,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2024, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
My secret is simple:
I Pray.
If you have...
My secret is simple:
I Pray.
If you have a family that loves you, a few good friends, food on your table and a roof over your head. You are Richer than you think.
The Truth is like a lion....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-27-2024, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2024, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 27
It’s the friends you can call up at...
April 27
It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
~Marlene Dietrich
A recovery friend once said, "There have been only two people in my life that I've called up at 4 a.m.: my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2024, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 28
Best face forward
Think beyond...
April 28
Best face forward
Think beyond the moment. Consider beyond the immediate transaction.
It may require a little more of your time, effort and resources to be reliable, friendly,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-27-2024, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 27
What you do best
Possibilities...
April 27
What you do best
Possibilities fill your world today. Grab a few and go with them.
Allow the possibilities to energize you out of your weariness. Let them inspire you out of your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-26-2024, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 26
Worry never robs tomorrow of its...
April 26
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength.
~A. J. Cronin
Many adult children are expert worriers. No topic is so small that we can't blow it up...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-26-2024, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
April 26: For those who have been My good and...
April 26: For those who have been My good and faithful servants, expect a breakthrough of epic proportions. Some of you have waited for this time for more than a decade, and the time is now for you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-26-2024, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 26
Desirable alternative
...
April 26
Desirable alternative
Sometimes you have no choice other than to fight, but fighting is not a good long-term strategy. Because whatever you fight against almost always grows stronger....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2024, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 25
Letting Go of Anger
In...
April 25
Letting Go of Anger
In recovery, we often discuss anger objectively. Yes, we reason, it's an emotion we're all prone to experience. Yes, the goal in recovery is to be free of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-25-2024, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
April 25: Quiet your soul and listen for My...
April 25: Quiet your soul and listen for My direction to settle old issues that keep you from advancing spiritually. There are issues that you must face and deal with before you can advance. There...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-25-2024, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 25
Do better
You’ve fallen short,...
April 25
Do better
You’ve fallen short, so now what? Now, do better.
You’ve done good, and what comes next? Now, do better.
Whether you’ve exceeded expectations or failed to meet them,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-24-2024, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
April 24: Strengthen your inner being to do all...
April 24: Strengthen your inner being to do all that is necessary. There are certain things that you have put off because of dread, but it is time to rise above negativity so that you can do what has...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2024, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,478
May 4
Daily Reflections
"ENTIRELY...
May 4
Daily Reflections
"ENTIRELY HONEST"
We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or
happily in this world.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2024, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,478
May 3
Daily Reflections
CLEANING HOUSE ...
May 3
Daily Reflections
CLEANING HOUSE
Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing
as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down
and talk aloud about what we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2024, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,478
May 2
Daily Reflections
LIGHTING THE...
May 2
Daily Reflections
LIGHTING THE DARK PAST
Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past
is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and
happiness for others. With...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2024, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 24
Religion and art spring from the...
April 24
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
~Willa Cather
As adults, we have become more practical about meeting our economic...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-24-2024, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 24
Jump start
A thousand things...
April 24
Jump start
A thousand things demand your time and attention. It seems you can never get it all done.
So start with just one. Get that completed, and immediately your situation looks...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-23-2024, 03:49 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 488
Standing Strong
Standing Strong
Thought for the Day
"Keeping our faith and doing the right thing can sometimes be very hard in the face of the trials and adversities we must deal with on a daily basis. Do not...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
04-23-2024, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,994
April 23: Refuse to allow anything to come...
April 23: Refuse to allow anything to come between you and Me, says the Lord. Continue to seek the truth and to speak nothing but the truth. Let every step you take be according to My will and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-23-2024, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,324
April 23
A crisis is an opportunity to rely...
April 23
A crisis is an opportunity to rely on our Higher Power.
When we came to this program, we were told right away that a Higher Power is watching out for us and that we can look to that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
04-23-2024, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,751
April 23
Maybe
Maybe it’s enough to...
April 23
Maybe
Maybe it’s enough to simply enjoy the sunshine of a warm spring afternoon. Maybe you’d be just fine sitting quietly for a while.
Maybe there’s more to life than merely rushing...
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