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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-31-2016, 08:04 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 31 Step by Step "The old... July 31 Step by Step "The old (drinking) pattern reasserted itself, but it was no longer once every six months. The intervals grew shorter. The binges were longer. They were harder to get off....

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-30-2016, 08:02 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 30 Step by Step Today, I realize... July 30 Step by Step Today, I realize the character defects identified in my Fourth Step probably existed before my drinking days and that alcohol simply developed them to their destructive...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-29-2016, 07:17 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 29 Step by Step "I never knew... July 29 Step by Step "I never knew which came first, the thinking or the drinking. If I could only stop thinking, I wouldn't drink. If I could only stop drinking, maybe I wouldn't think. But...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-28-2016, 06:51 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 28 Step by Step Today, abstaining... July 28 Step by Step Today, abstaining from drinking is not enough in recovery. Alcoholism is a three-level disease - physical, emotional, and spiritual. While not drinking is certainly a...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-27-2016, 08:01 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 27 Step by Step "What is this... July 27 Step by Step "What is this power that AA possesses? This curative power? I don't know what it is. I suppose the doctor might say, 'This is psychosomatic medicine.' I suppose the...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-26-2016, 07:42 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 26 Step by Step " ...(T)his... July 26 Step by Step " ...(T)his program is not for sissies for ...it takes a man to make the grade. It is not too difficult nor easy to grasp. I have had many more reasons to drink since I...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-25-2016, 09:05 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 25 Step by Step Today, self-pity... July 25 Step by Step Today, self-pity comes off my dance card. Just as alcohol drove me to being sick and tired of being sick and tired, so it goes with self-pity. The reason for self-pity can...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-24-2016, 09:07 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 24 Step by Step Today, gratitude... July 24 Step by Step Today, gratitude as attitude. Gratitude for even the smallest of gains as opposed to complaining that the gains aren't big enough, and my attitude is a reflection of the...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-23-2016, 08:36 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 23 Step by Step "I took... July 23 Step by Step "I took everything that AA had to give me. Easy does it, first things first, one day at a time. It was at that point that I reached surrender. I heard one very ill woman...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-22-2016, 08:40 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 22 Step by Step "The words of Dr.... July 22 Step by Step "The words of Dr. Bob and Bill are with me all the time. Dr. Bob said, 'Love and service keep us dry,' and Bill said, 'Always we must remember that our first duty is...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-21-2016, 08:38 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 21 Step by Step "Could I be an... July 21 Step by Step "Could I be an alcoholic without some of the hair-raising experiences I had heard of in meetings? The answer came to me very simply in the first step of the Twelve Steps...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-20-2016, 08:51 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 20 Step by Step "I had my first... July 20 Step by Step "I had my first drink when I was 15 and my alcoholic potential had ripened me to the point of necessary escapism. I needed alcohol from that night on, and it in turn used...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-19-2016, 07:58 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 19 Step by Step "The mental state... July 19 Step by Step "The mental state of the sick alcoholic is beyond description. I had no resentments against individuals - the whole world was all wrong. My thoughts went round and round...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-18-2016, 08:39 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 18 Step by Step " ...I felt a... July 18 Step by Step " ...I felt a fear coming into my life, and I couldn't cope with it. I got so that I hid quite a bit of the time, wouldn't answer the phone, and stayed by myself as much...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-17-2016, 07:29 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 17 Step by Step Today, I... July 17 Step by Step Today, I absolutely must be grateful instead of crediting myself for all things good that happen today, however small. My spiritual fitness depends on humility, and...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-16-2016, 07:42 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 16 Step by Step "It would be hard... July 16 Step by Step "It would be hard to estimate how much AA has done for me. I really wanted the program, and I wanted to go along with it. I noticed that the others seemed to have such a...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-15-2016, 08:02 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 15 Step by Step " ...(T)he actual... July 15 Step by Step " ...(T)he actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. This is a point we wish to...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-14-2016, 06:56 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 14 Step by Step "As we look back,... July 14 Step by Step "As we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our will power. If anyone questions whether he has entered this...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-13-2016, 08:50 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 13 Step by Step Today, if the... July 13 Step by Step Today, if the responsibility to sobriety sometimes seems overwhelming or too demanding if I fail to do it First Things First, I will not complain or cop the poor-me...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-12-2016, 07:57 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 12 Step by Step "I had always... July 12 Step by Step "I had always believed in a Power greater than myself. I had often pondered these things. I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-11-2016, 07:56 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 11 Step by Step "To be gravely... July 11 Step by Step "To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-10-2016, 08:04 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 10 Step by Step "Liquor ceased to... July 10 Step by Step "Liquor ceased to be a luxury; it became a necessity. 'Bathtub' gin, two bottles a day, and often three, got to be routine. Sometimes a small deal would net a few hundred...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-09-2016, 08:49 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 9 Step by Step "If you think you... July 9 Step by Step "If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-08-2016, 07:57 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 8 Step by Step "Long since I had... July 8 Step by Step "Long since I had come to believe I was insane because I did so many things I didn't want to do. I didn't want to neglect my children. I loved them, I think, as much as any...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-07-2016, 08:33 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 7 Step by Step "I couldn't stomach... July 7 Step by Step "I couldn't stomach religion, and I didn't like the mention of God or any of the other capital letters. If that was the way out, it wasn't for me. " ...(B)ut I ran into a...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-06-2016, 08:17 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 6 Step by Step Today, simplify and... July 6 Step by Step Today, simplify and "de-mystify" recovery with three basic but essential concepts: choice, consequences, and personal responsibility. Discarding all the reasons I can...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-05-2016, 08:29 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 5 Step by Step "It helped me a... July 5 Step by Step "It helped me a great deal to become convinced that alcoholism was a disease, not a moral issue; that I had been drinking as a result of a compulsion, even though I had not...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-04-2016, 09:30 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 4 Step by Step " ...(T)here is a... July 4 Step by Step " ...(T)here is a substitute ...It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-03-2016, 07:52 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 3 Step by Step "We alcoholics are... July 3 Step by Step "We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. ...All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals - usually...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-02-2016, 08:16 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti July 2 Step by Step Today, if it should... July 2 Step by Step Today, if it should be the anniversary of the passing of someone dear to me or any other observance that rekindles a sense of loss and bittersweet, let me look to my program...

Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 07-01-2016, 07:55 AM

Replies: 30 Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July Views: 13,422 Posted By bluidkiti Even More Recovery Readings and Meditations - July July 1 Step by Step "God will constantly disclose more to you ...Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own...

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