Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-29-2024, 02:17 AM
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February 29
Making a decision to let God...
February 29
Making a decision to let God give us guidance eases our burdens.
Our first introduction to Step Three scares many of us. "You mean I can't do what I want anymore, that I'm no longer...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-28-2024, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 28
Reflection for the Day
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February 28
Reflection for the Day
Before we came to recovery, fear ruled our lives. Tyrannized by our addictions and obsessions, we feared everything and everybody. We feared ourselves and,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-27-2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 27
New Routine
I think we all...
February 27
New Routine
I think we all still have a little manipulation left in us, no matter where we're at in sobriety. The Navy highly recommended I attend meetings, and I had to go get that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-26-2024, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 26
Solving problems
If we...
February 26
Solving problems
If we start the morning feeling hopeless, our day doesn't stand a chance. But if we ask our Higher Power for help in the morning and then accept the help throughout...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-25-2024, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 25
Obstacles
Everybody...
February 25
Obstacles
Everybody encounters obstacles in life. There are the structural or societal obstacles that are difficult to break through unless you have the right amount of privilege...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-24-2024, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 24
The body is the soul's house....
February 24
The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?
~Philo Judaeus
Some men think it is a mark of a strong man to abuse...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-23-2024, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 23
Life didn't promise to be...
February 23
Life didn't promise to be wonderful.
~Teddy Pendergrass
Life doesn't promise us anything, except a chance. We have a chance to live any way we like. No matter how we choose to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-22-2024, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 22
In spite of everything I still...
February 22
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
~Anne Frank
In the face of being hunted for extermination, Anne Frank could write this from her...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-21-2024, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 21
AA Thought for the Day
I'm...
February 21
AA Thought for the Day
I'm grateful that I found a program in AA that could keep me sober. I'm grateful that AA has shown me the way to faith in a Higher Power, because the renewing...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-20-2024, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 20
It’s often safer to be in chains...
February 20
It’s often safer to be in chains than to be free.
~Franz Kafka
Some days we wish we could have stayed in a nice, safe detox unit or treatment center forever. Our choices and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-19-2024, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 19
My thoughts guide my day....
February 19
My thoughts guide my day. Noticing how I awake can help me save the day.
~Kelley Vickstrom
We may envy friends who seem happy and peaceful. Why aren't they troubled as we so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-18-2024, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 18
I am a part of all that I have...
February 18
I am a part of all that I have met.
~Alfred Tennyson
Too often we lose our way by forgetting that we are part of a community, a society, a world. When we were in our addiction,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-17-2024, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 17
The Seventh Promise
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February 17
The Seventh Promise
Self-seeking will slip away.
~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
When we were using, constant self-seeking was our whole existence. Being forced to cut down...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-16-2024, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 16
You can either be a host to God,...
February 16
You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
~Wayne Dyer
Some of us are fond of saying "the devil made me do it" when we've done something we're not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-15-2024, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 15
I'm more like I am now than I...
February 15
I'm more like I am now than I ever was before.
~Anonymous
We are becoming more ourselves. That is our true calling. If we grow wiser and stronger with life experience, we learn...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-14-2024, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 14
The trouble with loving our...
February 14
The trouble with loving our neighbor as ourselves is that most of us do.
~Toni W.
Many people find it difficult to care about others as much as they care about themselves. The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-13-2024, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 13
Made a decision to turn our will...
February 13
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
~Step Three of Al-Anon
Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-12-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 12
I am both a conservative and a...
February 12
I am both a conservative and a radical; I would conserve what is valuable but willingly change what requires changing.
~Eric Maisel
We have the responsibility not to make...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-11-2024, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 11
The friendships we enjoy through...
February 11
The friendships we enjoy through this Twelve Step program are unconditional, honest, intimate, and lasting.
The freedom to let people know who we really are is perhaps the most...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-10-2024, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 10
Reflection for the Day
I...
February 10
Reflection for the Day
I have been told over and over that I must constantly work to give up my old ideas. "That’s easy for you to say," I've sometimes thought. All my life, I have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-09-2024, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 9
Community in the Army and in...
February 9
Community in the Army and in Recovery
I joined the Army when I was seventeen years old. My first duty station was Berlin. If you ever think about what a POW camp looks like, that was...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-08-2024, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 8
Taking care of today
If we...
February 8
Taking care of today
If we want to be free of chemicals, then we must begin making changes right where we are today. Idly wishing for the past to be removed or the future to come...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-07-2024, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 28
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February 7
The Gifts of Rest
At its...
February 7
The Gifts of Rest
At its core, resting is about being and not doing. It's about slowing down, breathing, setting devices aside, pausing and being still, being quiet. We often equate...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-06-2024, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 6
I sidestep the either/or choices...
February 6
I sidestep the either/or choices of logic and choose both.
~Ken Feit
Men like us have often had a lifestyle guided by either/or logic. We think either we must conquer the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-05-2024, 03:10 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 5
To know the road ahead, ask those...
February 5
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
~Chinese proverb
We're going down a new road - in our recovery and in our lives. We don't know the road. We only know we're on the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-04-2024, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 4
Nothing that is worth doing can...
February 4
Nothing that is worth doing can be done alone, but has to be done with others.
~Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr
We who are blessed with a close-knit family, where thoughts and actions can be...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-03-2024, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 3
AA Thought for the Day
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February 3
AA Thought for the Day
Fellowship is a big part of staying sober. The doctors call it group therapy. We never go to an AA meeting without taking something out of it. Sometimes we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-02-2024, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
February 2
Before talking of holy things, we...
February 2
Before talking of holy things, we prepare ourselves by offering...One will fill his pipe and hand it to the other who will light it and offer it to the sky and the earth...They will...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2024, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,734
Today's Thought - February
February 1
We're not here to lose our sense of humor.
~Richie Berlin
Being too serious is habit-forming. However, many aspects of our lives are serious and need to be addressed. Our disease,...
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