Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
Today, 09:36 AM
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What Would It Be Like
All of us have longed for so long now for things to be better for ourselves that most of us have given up any hope of them ever being that way for us, but what would it be like for all of us if they...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Today, 04:51 AM
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July 6: Set your heart on spiritual excellence....
July 6: Set your heart on spiritual excellence. You can do this by not being distracted with things of the world. There are many things that vie for your attention, so you must stay focused on what...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Today, 04:51 AM
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July 5: Even though you have endured some...
July 5: Even though you have endured some disappointments, know that I have not left nor forsaken you. You have been under My divine protection the whole time, and you will understand that those...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 5
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July 6
Get a small notebook
write down in...
July 6
Get a small notebook
write down in it what you want
~James Schuyler
We sometimes postpone things we want to do, waiting for ideal circumstances or more comfortable means. Often, all...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
July 6
Rewarding life
The reward is not...
July 6
Rewarding life
The reward is not in the prize. The reward is in the effort.
The prize is a mere token. And when it is not earned, it is an empty, meaningless, worthless token, no...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:34 AM
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July 5
Guidance comes from many sources.
...
July 5
Guidance comes from many sources.
What do we think of when we hear the word guidance? Perhaps we recall a guidance counselor in school who told us what courses to take. Now that we are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:33 AM
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July 5
Truth is easier
It’s easy and...
July 5
Truth is easier
It’s easy and often convenient to say what you don’t mean, to claim what is not true, to hide what is real. But the further you venture from the truth, the more difficult...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
07-04-2024, 10:22 AM
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Winning Or Losing
It's not all that uncommon for all of us to hear at one time or another before we get to recovery that the people who are here in recovery are a bunch of losers. This is usually being said by someone...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
07-04-2024, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 533
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2024, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 818
JUly 4
Reflection for the Day
It's time...
JUly 4
Reflection for the Day
It's time for me to start being responsible for my own actions. It's time for me to be willing to take some chances. If my new life in the program is valid and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2024, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
July 4
Mental work
Take the time, have...
July 4
Mental work
Take the time, have the courage, to explore your own thoughts. Within those thoughts you can find great treasure.
Every thought you think is informed by the totality of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
07-03-2024, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 533
July 3: Come into rest from all your busyness....
July 3: Come into rest from all your busyness. Reflect on what has been good and bad so that you can streamline your efforts for greater effectiveness and efficiency. You are entering a new season...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-03-2024, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 818
July 3
Changing our attitudes
Our...
July 3
Changing our attitudes
Our prayer is, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." We say...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-03-2024, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
July 3
Meaningful life
Meaning has...
July 3
Meaningful life
Meaning has infinite potential. You can always experience more, create more, and offer more meaning.
Indeed, every experience of a particular form of meaning that...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
07-02-2024, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 533
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-02-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 818
July 2
Right Now
Time for a check-in....
July 2
Right Now
Time for a check-in. What do you need to do for yourself right now, today? Do you have a full day planned? Can you build in something you can do just for yourself? Something...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-02-2024, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
July 2
All you’ve experienced
Your...
July 2
All you’ve experienced
Your failed attempts have taught you crucial lessons. Those good intentions you never followed through on have given you an appreciation for the value of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2024, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
07-01-2024, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 533
Small Straws In A Soft Wind - July
July 1: Breakthrough is imminent and will come like a flash of lightning, powerful and bright. You are on the cusp of renewed freedom and spiritual clarity. You can now leave the past behind once and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2024, 06:46 AM
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Today's Thought - July
July 1
Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it.
~Archibald MacLeish
For many men, being addicts meant living double lives. There were public selves whom others knew,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 480
Daily Motivator - July
July 1
Yours right now
Take in the beauty of this moment and let it fill you. Yet do not try to hold it.
For as soon as you attempt to possess it, the beauty is lost. When you grasp it too...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-30-2024, 08:51 AM
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As Sick As Anyone Else
If only it was as easy for all of us to see what's wrong with ourselves as we're all able to see what's wrong in other people. And as painful as this can be sometimes to see what's wrong with someone...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-30-2024, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
June 30: The storms that come against your...
June 30: The storms that come against your spiritual house are from the enemy who is always trying to tear down your dwelling place in Christ. Rise up and resist that evil work and overcome. James...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-30-2024, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 30
I believe that every single event in...
June 30
I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear.
~Oprah Winfrey
When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-29-2024, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-29-2024, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2024, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 29
Solitude is not something you must...
June 29
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present.
~Thomas Merton
We can take a few moments, right now, to really quiet ourselves,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2024, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
June 30
Liberated by responsibilities
...
June 30
Liberated by responsibilities
It’s certainly reasonable to consider yourself burdened by your various responsibilities. Yet it is equally true that you can be liberated by the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2024, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
June 29
Genuine understanding
You have...
June 29
Genuine understanding
You have your own perspective, and it is well-informed and valuable. Yet you do not know it all, and it’s a good idea to avoid the assumption that you do.
Other...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-28-2024, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 28
The Third Promise
We will...
June 28
The Third Promise
We will comprehend the word serenity and know peace.
~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
When we read this promise, we nod our heads eagerly. When we first decided...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-28-2024, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
June 28
Your potential
You have plenty...
June 28
Your potential
You have plenty of unrealized potential. Whenever you choose, you can transform good things that could be into good things that are.
There is great abundance in this...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-27-2024, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
June 27: Be still. Settle your soul and your...
June 27: Be still. Settle your soul and your spirit so that you can rest in My presence. Let go of all worry, strife and contention. There are things you can do something about, so do that. But,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-27-2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 27
Never forget what a man says to you...
June 27
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
~Henry Ward Beecher
Do we speak the truth when we are angry? We are always quick to say, "I really didn't mean it," and we may...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2024, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
July 6
Daily Reflections
IDENTIFYING...
July 6
Daily Reflections
IDENTIFYING FEAR . . . .
The chief activator of our defects has been self -
centered fear. . . . .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 76
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2024, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
July 5
Daily Reflections
A NEW...
July 5
Daily Reflections
A NEW DIRECTION
Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient;
they failed utterly. . . Every day is a day when we must carry the
vision of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2024, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
July 4
Daily Reflections
A NATURAL...
July 4
Daily Reflections
A NATURAL FAITH
. . . deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea
of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other
things,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-26-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
June 26: You are progressing nicely, but you...
June 26: You are progressing nicely, but you still have a ways to go. I will send the help and provision you need to succeed. Be strong and of good courage, and never lose hope or allow your faith to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2024, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 26
I am grateful for this minute.
My...
June 26
I am grateful for this minute.
My eternity may be in it.
~AA Grapevine, March 1947
The present moment is our link to the divine. How we conduct ourselves in the present moment is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-26-2024, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
June 26
Quickly recover
You had the...
June 26
Quickly recover
You had the best of intentions, and even got off to a great start. Then you were hit with a totally unexpected disruption.
You can’t turn back the clock and prevent...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-25-2024, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-25-2024, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 383
Other Than What We Are
All of us can seek all the pleasure we all want to, and in doing so we all find out one thing for sure that this will never be enough to end the pain that was in all of our lives. We've all become so...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-25-2024, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-25-2024, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 25
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul...
June 25
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back.
~George Herbert
A loving invitation is far more powerful than a sales pitch. When we welcome newcomers to the program, it is always...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-24-2024, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
June 24: You are coming through this difficult...
June 24: You are coming through this difficult time, but you are not there yet. Do not get discouraged in this process. It is a time of intense spiritual growth and understanding. You will look back...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-24-2024, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,023
June 24
Honesty
Admitted to God, to...
June 24
Honesty
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
~Step Five of Al-Anon
Talking openly and honestly to another person about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-24-2024, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,018
June 24
Active appreciation
Take...
June 24
Active appreciation
Take something for granted and you diminish its value. Take it for granted long enough and you could lose it altogether.
That’s because whatever you take for...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
06-23-2024, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,709
June 23: Refuse to allow yourself to get stuck...
June 23: Refuse to allow yourself to get stuck right here. I speak of stagnation spiritually, mentally, or emotionally. Take advantage of every opportunity to be motivated. Consider your options and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2024, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
July 3
Daily Reflections
EXPERIENCE:...
July 3
Daily Reflections
EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious
contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to
be inspired at all...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2024, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
July 2
Daily Reflections
THE HEART OF...
July 2
Daily Reflections
THE HEART OF TRUE SOBRIETY
We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the
program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-23-2024, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,970
Daily Recovery Readings - July
July 1
Daily Reflections
THE BEST FOR TODAY
The principles we have set down are guides to progress.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60
Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve...
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