Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-31-2014, 08:09 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
August 31
Rule...
AA Thought for the Day
August 31
Rule #62
"Don't take yourself too **** seriously."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 149
But we aren't a glum lot.
If newcomers could see no joy or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-30-2014, 10:32 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
August 30
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AA Thought for the Day
August 30
Essentials
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of facing his problems in the light of our experience can
recover, provided he...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-29-2014, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 29
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AA Thought for the Day
August 29
Control
We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking.
We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control.
All of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-28-2014, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 28
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AA Thought for the Day
August 28
Sunlight
He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard.
It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-27-2014, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 27
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AA Thought for the Day
August 27
Willingness
A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-26-2014, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 26
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AA Thought for the Day
August 26
Spirituality
Spirituality is an awakening -- or is it all the loose ends woven together into a mellow fabric?
It's understanding -- or is it all the knowledge...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-25-2014, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 25
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AA Thought for the Day
August 25
Understanding
God began to clear my channels so the real understanding began to come.
Then was the time when full realization and acknowledgement came to me....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-24-2014, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 24
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AA Thought for the Day
August 24
Making Peace with the Past
If we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others,
then the need to quit living by ourselves with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-23-2014, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 23
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AA Thought for the Day
August 23
Serenity
That word "serenity" looked like an impossible goal when we first saw the prayer.
In fact, if serenity meant apathy, bitter resignation, or stolid...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-22-2014, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 22
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AA Thought for the Day
August 22
Demands
The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear
-- primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed
or would...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-21-2014, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 21
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AA Thought for the Day
August 21
Humility
To those who have made progress in AA,
humility amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are,
followed by a sincere attempt...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-20-2014, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 20
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AA Thought for the Day
August 20
Carrying the Message
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness to light,
to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-19-2014, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 19
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AA Thought for the Day
August 19
Spiritual Fitness
I know when I am spiritually fit
because at such times I have no desire to escape life,
but feel strengthened to deal with everything I am...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-18-2014, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 18
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AA Thought for the Day
August 18
Listening
Sometimes, the body can speak an eloquent language all its own. I see and feel that in meetings.
So coming to regular meetings of AA is a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-17-2014, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 17
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AA Thought for the Day
August 17
Willingness
The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better
and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-16-2014, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 16
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AA Thought for the Day
August 16
Damage Repairs
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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-15-2014, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 15
First...
AA Thought for the Day
August 15
First Things First
Using "First Things First," we have found it helpful to concentrate first on sobriety alone,
steering clear of any risky emotional...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-14-2014, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 14
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AA Thought for the Day
August 14
Philosophy
A religion, properly, is of divine origin; governs the person in his relationship with his Higher Power;
and promises its rewards and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-13-2014, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 13
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AA Thought for the Day
August 13
Defects
I am no longer willing to live with the multitude of defects that characterized my life while I was drinking.
Step Seven is my vehicle to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-12-2014, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 12
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AA Thought for the Day
August 12
Letting Go
"Letting go" had always meant self-indulgence: polishing off the rest of the bottle, eating the whole cake, sleeping until
noon.
Now, I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-11-2014, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 11
Amends...
AA Thought for the Day
August 11
Amends
It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me.
Making amends to my family, and to the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-10-2014, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 10
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AA Thought for the Day
August 10
Friendships
Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish,
to see a fellowship grow up...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-09-2014, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 9
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AA Thought for the Day
August 9
Sunlight
He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard.
It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-08-2014, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 8
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AA Thought for the Day
August 8
Self-concern
If we cannot or will not achieve sobriety, then we become truly lost, right in the here and now.
We are of no value to anyone, including...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-07-2014, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 7
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AA Thought for the Day
August 7
Time
And what is time to me now? It is a most precious asset.
I have the luxury of being able to cherish the memory of yesterday, to live today with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-06-2014, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 6
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AA Thought for the Day
August 6
Principles Before Personality
We of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance.
It reminds us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-05-2014, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 5
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AA Thought for the Day
August 5
Expectations
We had approached AA expecting to be taught self-confidence.
Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned,
self-confidence...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-04-2014, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 4
Step...
AA Thought for the Day
August 4
Step Eight
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."
This is a very large order. It is a task which we may...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-03-2014, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 3
Action ...
AA Thought for the Day
August 3
Action
Action is the magic word!
With a positive, helpful attitude and regular AA action,
I can stay sober and help others to achieve sobriety.
My attitude...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-02-2014, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 31
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AA Thought for the Day
August 2
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AA Thought for the Day
August 2
Solution
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.
We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree,
and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
08-01-2014, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 10,845
AA Thought For Today - August
AA Thought for the Day
August 1
The Tyrant
The truth is, that in the life of each AA member, there still lurks a tyrant.
His name is alcohol. And his weapons are misery, insanity, and death....
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