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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....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-29-2013, 08:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-28-2013, 10:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-27-2013, 08:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-26-2013, 07:23 AM
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Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-25-2013, 07:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-24-2013, 07:57 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-23-2013, 07:22 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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.
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-22-2013, 09:27 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
September 22 Reflection for the Day ...

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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-21-2013, 07:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
September 21 Becoming willing to act ...

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.
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-20-2013, 07:01 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-19-2013, 07:18 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-18-2013, 07:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-17-2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-16-2013, 09:36 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-15-2013, 10:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-14-2013, 08:48 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-13-2013, 07:44 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-12-2013, 08:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-11-2013, 08:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-10-2013, 08:23 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-09-2013, 09:10 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-08-2013, 08:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-07-2013, 08:05 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
September 7 As we think, so we become. ...

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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-06-2013, 07:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-05-2013, 07:26 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-04-2013, 08:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-03-2013, 08:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-02-2013, 08:05 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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
...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive 09-01-2013, 08:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 110,026
Posted By bluidkiti
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

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