Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 07:28 AM
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February 5
Beyond discouragement
It’s...
February 5
Beyond discouragement
It’s natural and understandable to become discouraged. The feeling of discouragement is normal and healthy in response to adverse, disappointing developments.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-04-2025, 06:33 AM
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February 4
The courage to answer
Will...
February 4
The courage to answer
Will you say yes or will you say no? You’ll have plenty of opportunities to say both.
When those opportunities arise, give serious consideration to your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-03-2025, 07:39 AM
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February 3
God delays but doesn't forget.
...
February 3
God delays but doesn't forget.
~Spanish saying
It's frustrating to get sick, lose a job, or encounter financial setbacks. We suddenly feel curtailed, with the rhythm of our lives...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-03-2025, 07:37 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-02-2025, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 5
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February 2
Dealing with them is like dealing...
February 2
Dealing with them is like dealing with a porcupine in heat.
~Anonymous
Some days we wake up angry at the world. Everyone annoys us. We try to tell ourselves that we're spiritual...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2025, 11:44 PM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2025, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 5
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Today's Thought - February
February 1
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Few of us ever...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2025, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 7
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Daily Motivator - February
February 1
Expect a positive outcome
Think of all the blessings that first arise as troubles. Consider how many opportunities initially appear in the form of problems.
If you give up the...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-31-2025, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 773
The Same But Different
There are so many different kinds of people in this world therefore the same thing is true and can be said about recovery as well, and it's a good thing that we're all not the same, how boring it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2025, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2025, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 14
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February 6
Daily Reflections
A RALLYING...
February 6
Daily Reflections
A RALLYING POINT
Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. "Whether agnostic, atheist, or
former believer, we can stand together on this Step....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2025, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 29
Reflection for the Day
Why...
January 29
Reflection for the Day
Why do I do what I do? Why did I say what I said? Why on earth did I put off an important responsibility? Questions like these, best asked of myself in a quiet...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2025, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 29
Desirable destination
How do...
January 29
Desirable destination
How do you energize yourself in the present? Take action that’s oriented toward improving the future.
How do you sustain that elevated energy level? Continue...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-28-2025, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 28
Leave No One Behind
In the...
January 28
Leave No One Behind
In the military, you hear, "Leave no one behind." But the reality is, we get left behind all the time. Especially women.
I was left behind. I was left behind...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-28-2025, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 28
Goodness you can create
The...
January 28
Goodness you can create
The way forward is to focus on what you can do. Dedicate yourself to the good things that matter most to you.
Self pity is not an effective strategy....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2025, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,128
February 5
Daily Reflections
A GLORIOUS...
February 5
Daily Reflections
A GLORIOUS RELEASE
"The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see
and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very
gradually began to infiltrate my life. I...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2025, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,128
February 4
Daily Reflections
WHEN FAITH...
February 4
Daily Reflections
WHEN FAITH IS MISSING
Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or
rejected faith than to those who never had any faith
at all, for they think they...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2025, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,128
February 3
Daily Reflections
FILLING...
February 3
Daily Reflections
FILLING THE VOID
We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now
believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater
than...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2025, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,128
February 2
Daily Reflections
RESCUED BY...
February 2
Daily Reflections
RESCUED BY SURRENDERING
Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic
egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent
on...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-24-2025, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 24
AA Thought for the Day
To...
January 24
AA Thought for the Day
To grasp the AA program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said: "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-24-2025, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 24
What and why
When there’s...
January 24
What and why
When there’s something you really want to do, you’re sure to get it done. Indeed, you’re likely to do it relatively quickly and effectively.
The trick is zeroing in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-23-2025, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 23
Opportunity of now
Within...
January 23
Opportunity of now
Within arm’s length of where you are right now, exist limitless opportunities to create value. Breathe deeply, smile lovingly, and just do it.
The moment you’re...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,128
Daily Recovery Readings - February
February 1
Daily Reflections
GOAL: SANITY
"...Step Two gently and very gradually began to
infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or
on what day I came to believe in a power...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 31
Daily Reflections
OUR COMMON...
January 31
Daily Reflections
OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST
The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished
quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A.
dies.
TWELVE...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 30
Daily Reflections
FREEDOM...
January 30
Daily Reflections
FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO
We are going to know a new freedom. . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83
Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to.
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 22
Take time for solitude. How else...
January 22
Take time for solitude. How else can you contemplate the blessings of recovery?
~Abby Warman
Is it human nature to focus on what we lack? We waste many precious hours, hours that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2025, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 22
Act quickly
Deal with...
January 22
Act quickly
Deal with problems in a timely manner and you can prevent them from causing other problems. Seize opportunities in a timely manner and you enable them to spawn other...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2025, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 21
To affect the quality of the day...
January 21
To affect the quality of the day - that is the highest of the arts.
~Henry David Thoreau
We are the sculptors of our day. We can mold it creatively into a wonderful masterpiece....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2025, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 21
Beyond hope
Hope is a great...
January 21
Beyond hope
Hope is a great place to start. Yet for hope to bear fruit, it must inspire action, commitment, and persistence.
A new opportunity, an improvement in circumstances, a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-20-2025, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 20
I have a dream!
~Martin...
January 20
I have a dream!
~Martin Luther King Jr.
During our addiction, maybe we dreamed of joy and laughter with our family - only to find tears and anger. Maybe we dreamed of respect at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2025, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 29
Daily Reflections
THE JOY OF...
January 29
Daily Reflections
THE JOY OF SHARING
Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover,
to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to
see a fellowship grow up...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2025, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 28
Daily Reflections
THE...
January 28
Daily Reflections
THE TREASURE OF THE PAST
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life
seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2025, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 27
Daily Reflections
FREEDOM...
January 27
Daily Reflections
FREEDOM FROM GUILT
Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word
"blame" from our speech and thought.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2025, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 26
Daily Reflections
RIGOROUS...
January 26
Daily Reflections
RIGOROUS HONESTY
Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant?
Who wants to confess his faults to another and make
restitution for harm done? Who cares...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-17-2025, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 17
I look in the mirror through the...
January 17
I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
~Judy Collins
It's been said that the primary task of a parent is to awaken the spirit of the child. Many of us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-17-2025, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 17
Break the pattern
...
January 17
Break the pattern
Frustration will cause you to make foolish mistakes. Let it go, calm down, and become more effective.
You have multiple reasons to be frustrated by all the...
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Forum: New Member Check In
01-16-2025, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 1,011
Views: 431,428
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Forum: New Member Check In
01-16-2025, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 1,011
Views: 431,428
Hello, I am an alcoholic and my problem is...
Hello, I am an alcoholic and my problem is Richard. My sober date is 08/22/2021 and today I am grateful for my sobriety and I show gratitude by not drinking today.
Born in Ohio and loving my...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-16-2025, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,054
The Greater Good
What all of us who are new to recovery are drawn to none of us can be quite sure what exactly that is at this moment, but one thing that we're all sure of that we all can sense, that whatever this is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-16-2025, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 16
It is much more difficult to...
January 16
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a person of wisdom.
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-16-2025, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 16
Growing set of tools
...
January 16
Growing set of tools
Capability, and putting that capability to use, gives you ownership. It gives you ownership over your own life and over your own corner of the universe.
...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-15-2025, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 25
Daily Reflections
WHAT WE...
January 25
Daily Reflections
WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER
. . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker,
"You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can
keep you out."
TWELVE...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-15-2025, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 24
Daily Reflections
GETTING...
January 24
Daily Reflections
GETTING INVOLVED
There is action and more action. "Faith without works
is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-15-2025, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,107
January 23
Daily Reflections
HAVING FUN...
January 23
Daily Reflections
HAVING FUN YET?
. . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no
joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We
absolutely insist on enjoying...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-14-2025, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 14
Off the Hook
We can learn...
January 14
Off the Hook
We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-14-2025, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 14
The honest option
Honesty...
January 14
The honest option
Honesty works better than any alternative. Be honest with yourself, with others, and you’ll always have something useful to offer.
It’s easy for your thoughts to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-13-2025, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 15,825
January 13
We can’t really forgive another...
January 13
We can’t really forgive another until first we have forgiven ourselves.
~Tian Dayton
Forgiveness is not merely something that occurs in one dramatic moment, ending long enmity or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-13-2025, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
January 13
Your best choice
If the end...
January 13
Your best choice
If the end is in sight, keep going. When the end is not in sight, keep going.
Sometimes events will break in your favor. Use those times to consolidate your gains...
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