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- From Keep IT Simple Daily Meditations. June 22The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.-St Augustine.We started recovering the minute we admitted we were powerless over our illness. We crossed over from dishonesty to...
- From one of my meditation books. Keep it Simple. July 21There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.-Gore Vidal.Many of us used a know it all act to keep people away. We kept everyone around us on edge....
- The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.-Robert Frost.Worry_ its a lonely activity. It puts distance between us and others. Our program is full of ideas about what to do with worry. In Step Three, we turn...
- Good morning to All..It's early Sunday morning here. Bloody cold but I can't wait for the day ahead. A couple of jokes to kickstart the day there older than I am and that's old "21' wait that's 21 three times well almost. I hope everyone has or has...
- The lust for power is not rooted in strength, but in weakness.-Erich Fromm.We believed alcohol or other drugs could help us control our happiness. But now were learning to rely on faith for our happiness.Faith is about leaving things to our Higher...
- Anyone can blame; it takes a specialist to praise. -Konstantin StanislavskiAre we blamers? We sure are blamers when we were using alcohol and other drugs.Then everything was someones fault. Some of us did or blaming out loud. And some of us blamed...
- Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness.-Gerald Jampolsky.We cant afford to hold grudges. We have all felt hurt by others at times. But when we stay angry at another person, it hurts us. It keeps our wounds open. It takes our energy away...
- Hi All .Just filling in time till I go and pick up my pizzas for dinner. It's Sunday evening an no one wants to cook. Do you ever have them days. But if your having a bake let me know and I'll invite myself over. With what I have posted I have been...
- Life is only this place, this time, and these people right here and now.-Vincent Collins.Staying in the present can be hard. This busy world pulls our focus from the present. We wonder if the future will bring good times or bad times.Life is right...
- We cannot solve lifes problems except by solving them.-M. Scott Peck.Before getting into the program, we ran from problems at all costs. As time went on, we had more problems. As our problems grew, we became afraid of life.The program- the Twelve...
- Those whom the gods love grow young.-Oscar Wilde.Addiction forces us to grow old fast. Recovery helps us slow down. We regain a youthful spirit. Over time, our excitement for life returns. We are like children on the first day of summer break. We...
- There are five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. Humans also have awareness of balance, pressure, temperature, pain, and motion all of which may involve the coordinated use of multiple sensory organs.I'll just keep it to five...
- God , just for today, please remove my defects of character that would keep me from doing Your will.Cindy .TMany of us cant let go of all our character defects at once. So every day, we can ask our Higher Power to remove only the ones that will hurt...
- I hope all here on this site find some peace and happiness in they day.God Bless...Lionel.A Prayer to Live With Grace May we discover through pain and torment,the strength to live with grace and humour.May we discover through doubt and anguish, the...
- Good Morning from a cold and wet Sydney.Something that has helped in my recovery hope you can use it.God BlessLionelThe Ten Practical Points(Of Recover}'Found inAlcoholics Anonymous. 3rd, Edition Pages 58-601)"...thoroughly followed our path." p.58...