Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 09:35 AM
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December 30
Quote of the Week
"When I...
December 30
Quote of the Week
"When I did my 4th step it felt as if my life was being turned upside down - but it was really being turned right side up."
I first heard this saying right...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-23-2013, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
December 23
Quote of the Week
"It's...
December 23
Quote of the Week
"It's progress not perfection, we are not saints."
I had some friends over the other night for dinner and we started talking about road rage. We each...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-22-2013, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
December 16
Quote of the Week
"God...
December 16
Quote of the Week
"God never gives me more than I can handle - I just wish He didn't trust me so much!"
When I was new, I was told I'd have to learn to live life on life's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-10-2013, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
December 9
Quote of the Week
"Life is...
December 9
Quote of the Week
"Life is tough because you get the test first and then the lesson."
When I was in school we would spend weeks and sometimes even whole semesters preparing to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-05-2013, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
December 2
Quote of the Week
"No is a...
December 2
Quote of the Week
"No is a complete sentence."
Having been raised in an alcoholic home, boundaries were something I didn't learn much about. My mother, an untreated Al Anon,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-26-2013, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
November 25
Quote of the Week
"We...
November 25
Quote of the Week
"We didn't get here because we sang too loud in church."
It's amazing how self-righteous we alcoholics can sometimes be. Before recovery many of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-19-2013, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
November 18
Quote of the Week
"Friends...
November 18
Quote of the Week
"Friends are God's apology for your relatives."
When I was new I had very few healthy boundaries, and I especially had little defense against the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-12-2013, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
November 11
Quote of the Week
"God...
November 11
Quote of the Week
"God cannot do for you what he cannot do through you."
Before recovery, I had the God thing all mixed up. My conception of God was that if I was good and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
11-05-2013, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
November 5
Quote of the Week
"Act as...
November 5
Quote of the Week
"Act as though until it becomes so"
What a wonderful lesson this was for me to learn early on in recovery. At first I didn't think I could make it through the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-28-2013, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
October 28
Quote of the Week
"God...
October 28
Quote of the Week
"God doesn't care what you think about Him, only that you think about Him."
I've spend a lot of my life struggling with the concept of God. For many...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-22-2013, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
October 21
Quote of the Week
"Worry is...
October 21
Quote of the Week
"Worry is a terrible waste of the imagination"
Before recovery, I was addicted to so many things - alcohol, drugs, food, sex - anything that I could use to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-15-2013, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
October 14
Quote of the Week
"The...
October 14
Quote of the Week
"The answer is not in the problem; the answer is in the solution."
Before recovery, I lived in the problem. If things weren't going right, or if something...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-08-2013, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
October 7
Quote of the Week
"You need...
October 7
Quote of the Week
"You need to spend some time with God this morning and then let your day go."
I can start my day two different ways: the way I usually do which means rushing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-01-2013, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
September 30
Quote of the Week
"The...
September 30
Quote of the Week
"The minute I take control, that's when I lose control."
I used to try to control my drinking and using all the time. I'd give myself a limit as to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-24-2013, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
September 23
Quote of the Week
"The...
September 23
Quote of the Week
"The less full of ourselves we are, the more room there is for others."
During my first year of recovery I worked as a municipal bond broker, and I hated...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-24-2013, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
September 16
Quote of the Week
"Once...
September 16
Quote of the Week
"Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
I've always heard that alcoholism is a disease of perception. For example, when...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-09-2013, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
September 9
Quote of the Week
"The...
September 9
Quote of the Week
"The key to my serenity today is directly linked to my ability to stay in the moment--to be in the present."
And this is because God is only here with me...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
09-04-2013, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
September 2
Quote of the Week
"It's OK...
September 2
Quote of the Week
"It's OK to look back, just don't stare."
A few weeks ago my brother published a memoir about the early years of our family's life in this country (we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-26-2013, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
August 26
Quote of the Week
"The ONLY...
August 26
Quote of the Week
"The ONLY thing that can ever make me drink again is untreated alcoholism."
There is a lot in this quote. First, it reminds me that no matter how much time I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-19-2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
August 19
Quote of the Week
"Am I...
August 19
Quote of the Week
"Am I interfering in the experience God wants them to have?"
Before recovery in Al-Anon, I always thought I knew what was best for everyone. I spent a lot of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-14-2013, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
August 12, 2013
Quote of the Week
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August 12, 2013
Quote of the Week
"God has only three answers to your prayers:
Yes
Yes, but not now
No, because I have something better for you."
While the 11th step teaches us to pray...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
August 5, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Find...
August 5, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Find someone you can tell the truth to; we don't do this alone."
Over the 12 months when my life crashed around me, I shut myself off more and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
July 29, 2013
Quote of the Week
"You...
July 29, 2013
Quote of the Week
"You can't experience victory if you refuse to surrender."
Boy, that surrender thing was (and sometimes still is) a hard thing for me to accept. I mean,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
July 22, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The...
July 22, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The degree of my anxiety is a measure of
my distance from God."
Before recovery, anxiety was the master of my life. Without a relationship with God, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
July 15, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If I...
July 15, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If I keep doing what I was doing, I'll keep getting what I was getting."
I remember when I was new to recovery I was very willing to follow suggestions. I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
July 8, 2013
Quote of the Week
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July 8, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Negativity is my disease asking me to
come out to play."
Before recovery, I had just one voice in my head. Sometimes it was encouraging, even...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
July 1, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Don't...
July 1, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Don't ruin an apology with an excuse."
Before recovery, I was full of excuses. I didn't do this because... I acted this way because she did that. He...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
June 24, 2013
Quote of the Week
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June 24, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Relapse begins a long time before you pick up that first drink or drug."
I'm a three meeting minimum a week kind of guy. Anything below that and I begin...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
June 17, 2013
Quote of the Week
"When...
June 17, 2013
Quote of the Week
"When I entered recovery, I was dropped into the landscape of Grace."
Before recovery, my life was a living hell. Driven by an obsessive mind and a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
June 10, 2013
Quote of the Week
"You...
June 10, 2013
Quote of the Week
"You know you'll be back, so why
don't you just stay?"
When I had 93 days of sobriety, I went out. I coped a resentment at my Wednesday night...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
June 3, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I want...
June 3, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I want my Higher Power to live in my heart full time, but He'll only take a 24-hour lease."
It's amazing how good I feel when I get connected to my Higher...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
May 27, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The...
May 27, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The program does for us slowly what alcohol and drugs did for us quickly"
I can clearly remember what I felt like before recovery. I was anxious, on edge,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
May 20, 2013
Quote of the Week
"A God...
May 20, 2013
Quote of the Week
"A God small enough for me to understand wouldn't be large enough for me to trust."
What a stumbling block the "God" thing was for me in the beginning of my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
May 13, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I've...
May 13, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I've learned to say, 'You may be right.'"
Before recovery I thought I knew it all. When someone disagreed with me, I'd argue and go out of my way to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
May 6, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If you...
May 6, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy."
Gratitude lists have been an important tool in my spiritual tool kit for...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
April 29, 2013
Quote of the Week
"It's...
April 29, 2013
Quote of the Week
"It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it."
It's easy to let go of things that are causing more pain than pleasure. Like when my drinking and using was...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
April 22, 2013
Quote of the Week
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April 22, 2013
Quote of the Week
"There are two sure ways to get out of fear - either make a decision or take action."
I don't know about you, but before recovery it was easy for me to be...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
April 15, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The...
April 15, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The only thing worse than my problems
are my solutions to them."
Before recovery, I couldn't understand why my life wasn't getting better...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
April 8, 2013
Quote of the Week
"When...
April 8, 2013
Quote of the Week
"When I say NO to you, I'm saying YES to me."
Before recovery, I wasn't very good at setting personal boundaries and when people asked me to do things, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
April 1, 2013
Quote of the Week
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April 1, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Without tolerance for another, it's hard to
have empathy for myself"
Tolerant was one of the last words you would have used to describe me before I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
March 25, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Let...
March 25, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Let us love you until you learn to love yourself."
This is one of my favorite quotes and it meant so much to me in early recovery. When I got to the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
March 18, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If I...
March 18, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If I don't go to meetings, I don't hear what
God wants me to hear."
Before recovery, I kept a lot of lower companion company. I worked with a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
March 11, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I...
March 11, 2013
Quote of the Week
"I may not always know what God's will is, but I ALWAYS know what His will is NOT."
In the beginning of my recovery, I had a hard time figuring out what...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
March 4, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Keep...
March 4, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Keep the lesson, but throw away the experience."
Boy this quote gave me a jolt when I first heard it. For years I'd been so wrapped up in the drama of my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
February 25, 2013
Quote of the Week
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February 25, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The 'why' questions keep us in the problem."
In recovery I have learned that the "why" questions always keep me in the problem. Questions like: "Why...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
February 18, 2013
Quote of the Week
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February 18, 2013
Quote of the Week
"It's the first drink that gets you drunk."
For years this saying made no sense to me. It wasn't the first drink, I argued, but rather the seventh or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
February 11, 2013
Quote of the Week
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February 11, 2013
Quote of the Week
"When you are in fear you should remember to T.R.U.S.T. - Try Really Using Step Three."
When I first heard this quote a great release and calm came...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
February 4, 2013
Quote of the Week
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February 4, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The bottom starting falling out faster than
I could lower my standards."
The last few years of my drinking and using sure were ugly. It had stopped...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
January 28, 2013
Quote of the Week
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January 28, 2013
Quote of the Week
"The Power behind me is bigger than the problem in front of me."
Before recovery I faced life alone. It was up to me to manage all of life, to try to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2013, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 36,102
January 21, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If...
January 21, 2013
Quote of the Week
"If you stay on the train long enough,
the scenery will change."
Whenever I talk to a newcomer, I remember the insanity of early recovery. I...
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