Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Today, 06:48 AM
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December 22
Reflection for the Day
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December 22
Reflection for the Day
Since I came to recovery, I've become increasingly aware of the Serenity Prayer. I see it in recovery literature, on the walls of meeting rooms, and in the...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
Yesterday, 01:08 PM
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No Longer Being Alone
From the beginning of us being in recovery we all learn how to begin to know how to repair all relationships that are in our lives starting first with the one with ourselves, because this is where...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
Yesterday, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 21
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December 21
Winter
In her beautiful...
December 21
Winter
In her beautiful book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May notes that winter is "a time for libraries, the muffled quiet of bookstacks...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 22
Who do you imitate?
Much of...
December 22
Who do you imitate?
Much of what you do comes from the influence and examples of others. Ask yourself, who are those others?
Who are the people whose desires, habits, values and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 21
The journey
The reward is...
December 21
The journey
The reward is not the reward. The reward is in what you do to reach your objective.
Fulfillment is not a final destination. Fulfillment is everything that accumulates...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-20-2024, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 21
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December 20
Work the Program
The ship...
December 20
Work the Program
The ship was pretty tough on me being in recovery, and I think that's something unique to the Navy. The problem was meetings were at night, after normal working...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-20-2024, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 20
Helpful habits
A strong,...
December 20
Helpful habits
A strong, positive character comes from strong, positive habits. Actions you repeat so often you don’t even have to think about, become a solid part of who you are.
...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-19-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 19
Believing in change
At...
December 19
Believing in change
At first, drugs or booze turned us on; later they turned on us. We couldn't find any peace anywhere. We began turning into the kind of person we didn't want to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-18-2024, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 21
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December 18
Successful, healthy...
December 18
Successful, healthy relationships allow for both people to form a bond which lets them not only grow together but also grow independently as people.
~Mara Opperman
If we expect...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-18-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 18
Do it again
You’ve done it...
December 18
Do it again
You’ve done it before. You can do it again.
You’ve focused on a specific objective and achieved it. What result would you now like to bring about?
You’ve...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-17-2024, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 17
If you play with a thing long...
December 17
If you play with a thing long enough, you will surely break it.
~Anonymous
Some things shouldn't be played with. Our recovery program is one of these things. When we play with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-16-2024, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 16
The time it takes
Value is...
December 16
The time it takes
Value is built over time, with sustained effort and commitment. Don’t cheat yourself out of that value by chasing instant results.
In order to turn a corner,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-15-2024, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 22
Daily Reflections
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December 22
Daily Reflections
PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES
The way our "worthy" alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the
"less worthy" is, as we look back on it, rather comical....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-15-2024, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 15
AA Thought for the Day
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December 15
AA Thought for the Day
Drinking cuts you off from God. No matter how you were brought up, no matter what your religion is, no matter if you say you believe in God, nevertheless you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-14-2024, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 14
l have spread my dreams under...
December 14
l have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
~William Butler Yeats
When we hold a piece of crystal to the light, it paints rainbows on...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-14-2024, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 14
Novelty and repetition
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December 14
Novelty and repetition
Novelty has its place. And so does repetition.
You’ll find excitement, intrigue, and inspiration in new things. You’ll find strength, endurance, and a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-13-2024, 03:29 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 13
Doing what is right isn't the...
December 13
Doing what is right isn't the problem; it's knowing what is right.
~Lyndon B. Johnson
Fortunately for all of us sharing a Twelve Step program, we do not have to be worried about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-13-2024, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,871
AA Thought for the Day
December 13
A...
AA Thought for the Day
December 13
A Vision of Humility
To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble,
to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-13-2024, 02:45 AM
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Replies: 23
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December 13
Constant adventure
Wherever...
December 13
Constant adventure
Wherever you go, you are surrounded by the potential for fascination, inspiration, and abundance. Whatever you’re doing gives you the opportunity for a satisfying...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-12-2024, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 12
The Fourth Promise
No...
December 12
The Fourth Promise
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
What excitement comes to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-12-2024, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 12
Be direct
Dancing around...
December 12
Be direct
Dancing around the edges can waste your time and effort. Step in and tackle the issues directly.
Don’t bother with resentment, posturing, avoidance or procrastination....
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-11-2024, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 0
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Day One
We've all had ours, those of us who are in recovery. That first day that many of us weren't even aware we were having it when we did, and for the rest of us it was so painfully obvious that we were...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2024, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 21
Daily Reflections
LISTEN,...
December 21
Daily Reflections
LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY
When working with a man and his family, you should take
care not to participate in their quarrels. You may
spoil your chance of being...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2024, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 20
Daily Reflections
THE...
December 20
Daily Reflections
THE REWARDS OF GIVING
This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands
nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay
him, or even to love...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2024, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 19
Daily Reflections
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December 19
Daily Reflections
UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY
When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural
annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and
irresponsible. Even when you...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2024, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-11-2024, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 11
Go one better
Do what you...
December 11
Go one better
Do what you intend to do, then go one better. Achieve the goal you’ve set for yourself, then add to it.
Once you are speeding along with the momentum of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-10-2024, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 10
It is in the shelter of each...
December 10
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
~Irish Proverb
In the history of AA, we learn about the famous doctor Carl Jung who wrote that alcoholics are people who...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-10-2024, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 10
Conquer the challenges
...
December 10
Conquer the challenges
Problems arise without waiting for other problems to be solved first. And as a result you can quickly find yourself managing multiple challenges.
When that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-09-2024, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 9
God, grant me the serenity to...
December 9
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.
~Reinhold Niebuhr
Some things I cannot...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-09-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 9
Your moment
Find joy in the...
December 9
Your moment
Find joy in the effort, and not merely in what the effort will bring you. Give attention and awareness to the time and place you’re in, rather than being consumed with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2024, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2024, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 17
Daily Reflections
A...
December 17
Daily Reflections
A PRICELESS REWARD
. . . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It works when
other activities fail.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2024, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 30
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December 16
Daily Reflections
PARTNERS...
December 16
Daily Reflections
PARTNERS IN RECOVERY
. . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive
work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2024, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 15
Daily Reflections
DOING...
December 15
Daily Reflections
DOING ANYTHING TO HELP
Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell
him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to
help.
ALCOHOLICS...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-08-2024, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 8
Acting As If
The behavior we...
December 8
Acting As If
The behavior we call "acting as if" can be a powerful recovery tool. Acting as if is a way to practice the positive. It's a positive form of pretending. It's a tool we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-07-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 7
Anger stirs and wakes in her; it...
December 7
Anger stirs and wakes in her; it opens its mouth, and like a hot-mouthed puppy, laps up the dredges of her shame.
~Toni Morrison
We may have been taught that anger is wrong, that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-07-2024, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 8
The best within you
Perhaps...
December 8
The best within you
Perhaps today is not your best day. And it’s likely you’re not in an ideal situation.
Nonetheless, you can visualize what you would do if you were in fact...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-07-2024, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 7
One good choice after another
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December 7
One good choice after another
What is the most helpful thing you could do in the next few minutes? What are the most purposeful thoughts you could hold in your awareness as today...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-06-2024, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 6
Live and let live is good advice....
December 6
Live and let live is good advice.
The more comfortable we are with the knowledge that each of us has a unique journey to make, a specific purpose to fulfill, the easier it is to let...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-06-2024, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 6
Allow yourself to dream
Go...
December 6
Allow yourself to dream
Go ahead and dream. Even though it’s far from practical, and seems a bit silly, it’s a good and useful thing to do.
Consider what could be if you could...
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Forum: New Member Check In
12-05-2024, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 1,009
Views: 387,319
Hello, I have been on this site on and off for...
Hello, I have been on this site on and off for years but I don't know if I have ever posted. I usually read a couple things and then move on. I got a notification that I should "check in" so here I...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-05-2024, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 434
All That We Have Still
In this modern world full of all its wonderful technical advances it's so easy for each one of us to want to search in that direction for a solution to what's troubling all of us, especially after we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-05-2024, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 5
Reflection for the Day
We...
December 5
Reflection for the Day
We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our surroundings -...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-04-2024, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 14
Daily Reflections
REACHING...
December 14
Daily Reflections
REACHING OUT
Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual
hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his
inspection. Show him how...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-04-2024, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 13
Daily Reflections
THINKING...
December 13
Daily Reflections
THINKING OF OTHERS
Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our
constant thought of others and how we may help meet
their needs.
ALCOHOLICS...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-04-2024, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,514
December 12
Daily Reflections
A COMMON...
December 12
Daily Reflections
A COMMON SOLUTION
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a
common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely
agree,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-03-2024, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,634
December 3
Learning new ways
Once we...
December 3
Learning new ways
Once we make a connection with our Higher Power, the ongoing problem is to hold on to it. Repeatedly we slip into our old ways of thinking and behaving. If not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-03-2024, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
December 3
Discretionary time
After...
December 3
Discretionary time
After fulfilling the necessary tasks and obligations, consider how you’re making use of your discretionary time. Look for activities and priorities that enhance...
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