Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-31-2016, 07:09 AM
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July 31
We make a living by what we get, but...
July 31
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
--Winston Churchill
As we grow spiritually, we naturally become more generous. It's a quality of a well-developed...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-30-2016, 07:42 AM
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July 30
The greater part of our happiness or...
July 30
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
--Martha Washington
We all have friends who seem happy even though they run into...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-29-2016, 06:56 AM
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July 29
It is clear the future holds...
July 29
It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00.
--Woody Allen
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-28-2016, 06:34 AM
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July 28
Opportunity may knock only once, ...
July 28
Opportunity may knock only once,
But temptation leans on the doorbell.
--Anonymous
We have an opportunity. We've made getting out of debt a priority in our lives. Just having this...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-27-2016, 06:28 AM
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July 27
No human creature can give orders to...
July 27
No human creature can give orders to love.
--George Sand
If we're trying to get others to love us, all we're really doing is trying to be in control. Trying to control others can be a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-26-2016, 07:16 AM
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July 26
First we work the program because we...
July 26
First we work the program because we have to. Then we work the program because we are willing to. Finally we work the program because we want to.
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When you do all the talking...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-25-2016, 07:25 AM
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July 25
Being open
Sometimes we think...
July 25
Being open
Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-24-2016, 07:01 AM
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July 24
Not what we would, but what we must,...
July 24
Not what we would, but what we must, makes up the sum of living.
--Richard Henry Stoddard
"We must do the things we must" is frequent advice in the Program. Each Step is evidence of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-23-2016, 08:39 AM
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July 23
Let your tears come. Let them water...
July 23
Let your tears come. Let them water your soul.
--Eileen Mayhew
We often want to sit down and cry, but the tears don't seem to come. For years we may have struggled to keep ourselves...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-22-2016, 06:58 AM
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July 22
Acceptance is not submission; it is...
July 22
Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.
--Kathleen Casey Theisen
Recovery offers us courage to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-21-2016, 06:38 AM
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July 21
"Remember the old Chinese handcuffs...
July 21
"Remember the old Chinese handcuffs thing," a friend reminds me when I get stuck doing the same thing over and over, even though whatever I'm doing doesn't work.
A Chinese handcuff is a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-20-2016, 07:13 AM
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July 20
How we look at the world.
The...
July 20
How we look at the world.
The world we live in has much that is good and much that is bad. Each day we can seek out the positive or the negative. If we choose to dwell on the negative,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-19-2016, 06:46 AM
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July 19
What I said never changed anybody;...
July 19
What I said never changed anybody; what they understood did.
--Paul. P.
How often have we given our all to change somebody else? How frantically have we tried to force a loved one to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-18-2016, 08:00 AM
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July 18
Relaxing when things don't go as you...
July 18
Relaxing when things don't go as you planned.
So, the boyfriend calls, says he's going hiking with his buddies for a week, cancels his date with you and says he hopes you won't be mad....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-17-2016, 07:19 AM
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July 17
Celebrate: To observe an occasion...
July 17
Celebrate: To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremonies of respect, festivity, and rejoicing.
--The American Heritage Dictionary
New Year's Eve marks the end of one year and the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-16-2016, 07:15 AM
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July 16
The Wolf and the Crane
A wolf...
July 16
The Wolf and the Crane
A wolf had been eating when a bone became stuck in his throat. Soon, the pain became excruciating. He rushed to a pond, thinking water would loosen the bone. But...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-15-2016, 07:33 AM
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July 15
Self importance is our greatest...
July 15
Self importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self importance requires that we spend most of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-14-2016, 06:42 AM
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July 14
I alone can do it. But I can't do it...
July 14
I alone can do it. But I can't do it alone.
--Anonymous
We're the luckiest people alive because we don't have to do anything alone! Whether we have a new assignment to tackle, a new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-13-2016, 08:41 AM
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July 13
Nothing great was ever achieved...
July 13
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many of us can probably recount the details of the "last straw," the turning point, the moment we began the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-12-2016, 07:50 AM
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July 12
You can observe a lot just by...
July 12
You can observe a lot just by watching.
--Yogi Berra
When we watch others, we learn how to "act as if." We watch a patient person and then we "act as if" we're a patient person. The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-11-2016, 07:51 AM
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July 11
You can't let adversity get you...
July 11
You can't let adversity get you down. Keep smiling.
--Violet Hensley
Violet's smiles certainly fit this category. She lights up rooms with her joy and energy, her fiddle playing and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-10-2016, 07:45 AM
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July 10
Staying in the Present Moment
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July 10
Staying in the Present Moment
Often, one of our biggest questions is, "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-09-2016, 07:54 AM
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July 9
A.A. Thought for the Day
The...
July 9
A.A. Thought for the Day
The length of time of our sobriety is not as important as its quality. A person who has been in A.A. for a number of years may not be in as good mental condition...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-08-2016, 07:47 AM
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July 8
Time spent attempting to change...
July 8
Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal change.
--Georgette Vickstrom
We must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words right now....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2016, 08:00 AM
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July 7
You are the artist in your life
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July 7
You are the artist in your life
You create the images and colors on the canvas called your life. Are you creating the picture you want? Does your canvas convey a life of fulfillment and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2016, 07:14 AM
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July 6
One cannot have wisdom without living...
July 6
One cannot have wisdom without living life.
--Dorothy McCall
Living life means responding, wholly, to our joys and our pitfalls. It means not avoiding the experiences or activities that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2016, 07:36 AM
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July 5
Love must be learned, and learned...
July 5
Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked.
--Katherine Anne Porter
We often enter into our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-04-2016, 07:53 AM
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July 4
To enjoy freedom we have to control...
July 4
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
--Virginia Woolf
Freedom is a funny thing. In a way, it makes life harder. We are free to do what we want, but every choice makes a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-03-2016, 07:23 AM
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July 3
Often happiness calls but we are too...
July 3
Often happiness calls but we are too busy to answer.
--Ellen H.
In the pursuit of happiness many people are too busy to find that which they seek. Frequently the happiness we so...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-02-2016, 07:47 AM
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Views: 4,927
July 2
Focusing on Solutions
If we are...
July 2
Focusing on Solutions
If we are to learn to cope with our illness and our life, we must begin focusing on solutions, not just on our problems.
But this means we must change our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-01-2016, 07:23 AM
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Views: 4,927
Today's Thought - July
July 1
Yesterday is over.
It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar...
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