Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-30-2013, 07:10 AM
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September 30
Example is not the main thing...
September 30
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
--Albert Schweitzer
Throughout our life we've been influenced by other people's behavior and opinions....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-29-2013, 08:02 AM
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September 29
To love is to place our...
September 29
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
--G. Wilhelm Leibniz
To desire personal happiness is normal and healthy. Most of our plans, choices, and dreams...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-28-2013, 10:00 AM
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September 28
Practice being spontaneous....
September 28
Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun.
The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-27-2013, 08:25 AM
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September 27
Let go of the fear. Feel it,...
September 27
Let go of the fear. Feel it, and then breathe it out. Let go of the frustration, the overwhelmed feelings, and the panic. Quiet yourself. Then pick one task, one simple thing to do....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-26-2013, 07:23 AM
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September 26
Self-knowledge and...
September 26
Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle.
--Abraham Maslow
This is a simple program but it isn't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-25-2013, 07:50 AM
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September 25
I don't think you're suddenly...
September 25
I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're 80 if you haven't been doing it when you're 30.
--Janice Clark
We are creatures of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-24-2013, 07:57 AM
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September 24
When one door closes, fortune...
September 24
When one door closes, fortune will usually open another.
-- Fernando De Rojas
Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-23-2013, 07:22 AM
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September 23
The Simple Things
Lord, I...
September 23
The Simple Things
Lord, I pray to stay uncomplicated and do well these simple tasks:
If I open it, I will close it.
If I turn it on, I will turn it off.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-22-2013, 09:27 AM
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September 22
Reflection for the Day
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September 22
Reflection for the Day
What is the definition of humility? "Absolute humility," said AA co- founder Bill W., "would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-21-2013, 07:48 AM
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September 21
Becoming willing to act
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September 21
Becoming willing to act
The miracles in our program don’t simply rub off at meetings. The key to getting clean and sober – and staying clean and sober – is a willingness to act.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-20-2013, 07:01 AM
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September 20
In everyone's heart stirs a...
September 20
In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
--Rabbi Seymour Siegel
We ask ourselves what drove us to do some of the things we did? We went to extremes even when we knew our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-19-2013, 07:18 AM
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September 19
You are reading from the book...
September 19
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sometimes, in our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-18-2013, 07:40 AM
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September 18
You've got to get up every...
September 18
You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face,
And show the world all the love in your heart,
Then people gonna treat you better.
You're gonna find, yes, you will,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-17-2013, 07:35 AM
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September 17
The universe is transformation;...
September 17
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.
--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
It's awesome, the power we each wield in the life that unfolds before us. The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-16-2013, 09:36 AM
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September 16
How important is it?
The...
September 16
How important is it?
The young man in the meeting was very angry and upset. His lawnmower had broken down. He was having a cookout in his back yard that evening, the yard "looked...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-15-2013, 10:56 AM
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September 15
People who fight fire with fire...
September 15
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
--Abigail Van Buren
How did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-14-2013, 08:48 AM
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September 14
When one knows Thee, then alien...
September 14
When one knows Thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut. Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose the touch of the one in the play of many.
--Rabindranath Tagore
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-13-2013, 07:44 AM
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September 13
Communicating
…when I...
September 13
Communicating
…when I finally gave up on my partner.
He believed that the love of his life, if he ever found the Right One, would fill all the gaps of his own personality. She...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-12-2013, 08:19 AM
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September 12
Only those means of security...
September 12
Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting that depend on yourself and your own vigor.
--Machiavelli
What is our security based upon? This is a vital,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-11-2013, 08:39 AM
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September 11
We don't always understand the...
September 11
We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God - the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-10-2013, 08:23 AM
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September 10
Forgiveness is the key to...
September 10
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
--Hannah Arendt
Resentments keep us in the past, a past that can never be relived. Resentments keep a stranglehold on our mind. They...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-09-2013, 09:10 AM
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September 9
Real love pours itself out upon...
September 9
Real love pours itself out upon the object of its affection, without demanding any return.
--Florence Scovel Shinn
Loving another wholly, purely, with no strings attached promises...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-08-2013, 08:40 AM
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September 8
Today's thought is:
A.A....
September 8
Today's thought is:
A.A. Thought for the Day
Let us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. A spiritual experience...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-07-2013, 08:05 AM
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September 7
As we think, so we become.
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September 7
As we think, so we become.
We can enrich our interior monologue. We can seek the company of people who inspire us with a loving approach to life. We can absorb the written thoughts...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-06-2013, 07:19 AM
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September 6
Complacency breeds old behavior...
September 6
Complacency breeds old behavior and unnecessary problems.
"The Promises," as suggested in the Big Book, clearly indicate that we have work to do if we want the rewards that are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-05-2013, 07:26 AM
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September 5
Sometimes a majority simply...
September 5
Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.
--Claude McDonald
If we're to stay straight, we have to be prepared for peer pressure. If anyone tries to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-04-2013, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 29
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September 4
We are giving birth to...
September 4
We are giving birth to ourselves. Let's be midwives to one another through this difficult, yet exhilarating, process.
--Dudley Martineau
Helping each other survive the traumas of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-03-2013, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 29
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September 3
A problem well stated is a...
September 3
A problem well stated is a problem half solved.
--Charles F. Kettering
Denial never really goes away, it creeps into everyone's life. We may admit we're powerless over alcohol and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-02-2013, 08:05 AM
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September 2
Listening and Sharing
Let...
September 2
Listening and Sharing
Let us review what others have said about listening and sharing:
"To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it."
--Churton Collins
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
09-01-2013, 08:54 AM
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Today's Thought - September
September 1
I have to laugh at the times I’ve knocked myself out over a tough spot only to find out afterwards there was an easier way through.
--Robert Franklin Leslie
We receive messages...
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