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Daily Recovery Reading – April 17, 2012

It has often been suggested that we adopt a favorite maxim or quotation to repeat when we want to tide ourselves over a difficult time.  Many of us use the Serenity Prayer inn this way.  Others, trapped inn a baffling

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Daily Recovery Reading – April 17, 2012

It has often been suggested that we adopt a favorite maxim or quotation to repeat when we want to tide ourselves over a difficult time.  Many of us use the Serenity Prayer inn this way.  Others, trapped inn a baffling

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Daily Recovery Reading - March 13, 2012

Daily Recovery Reading – March 13, 2012

Reflection for the Day All my life, I looked to others for comfort, security, and all the other things that add up to what I now call serenity. But I’ve come to realize that I was always looking in the

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Daily Recovery Reading - March 13, 2012

Daily Recovery Reading – March 13, 2012

Reflection for the Day All my life, I looked to others for comfort, security, and all the other things that add up to what I now call serenity. But I’ve come to realize that I was always looking in the

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Daily Recovery Reading – March 1, 2012

Reflection for the Day Now that we’re free and no longer chemically dependent, we have so much more control over our thinking. More than anything, we’re able to alter our attitudes. Some members of Alcoholics Anonymous, in fact, choose to

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Daily Recovery Reading – March 1, 2012

Reflection for the Day Now that we’re free and no longer chemically dependent, we have so much more control over our thinking. More than anything, we’re able to alter our attitudes. Some members of Alcoholics Anonymous, in fact, choose to

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Daily Recovery Reading – February 26, 2012

Reflection for the Day “What if …” How often we hear these words from newcomers to the Program. How often, in fact, we tend to say them ourselves. “What if I lose my job?” “What if my car breaks down?” “What if I get sick and

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Daily Recovery Reading – February 26, 2012

Reflection for the Day “What if …” How often we hear these words from newcomers to the Program. How often, in fact, we tend to say them ourselves. “What if I lose my job?” “What if my car breaks down?” “What if I get sick and

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Daily Recovery Reading – December 31, 2011

Reflection for the Day 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—living one day at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to

Daily Recovery Reading – December 31, 2011

Reflection for the Day 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—living one day at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to

Daily Recovery Reading – December 16, 2011

Reflection for the Day Sometimes, on those bad days we all have from time to time, it almost seems that God doesn’t want us to be happy here on earth and, for those of us who believe in an afterlife,

Daily Recovery Reading – December 16, 2011

Reflection for the Day Sometimes, on those bad days we all have from time to time, it almost seems that God doesn’t want us to be happy here on earth and, for those of us who believe in an afterlife,

Daily Recovery Reading – November 30, 2011

Reflection for the Day If you’re a negative thinker and are not yet ready to do an about-face, here are some guidelines that can keep you miserable for just as long as you wish to remain so. First, don’t go

Daily Recovery Reading – November 30, 2011

Reflection for the Day If you’re a negative thinker and are not yet ready to do an about-face, here are some guidelines that can keep you miserable for just as long as you wish to remain so. First, don’t go

Daily Recovery Reading – October 31, 2011

Reflection for the Day If I’m to continue growing in the Program, I must literally “get wise to myself.” I must remember that for most of my life I’ve been terribly self-deceived. The sin of pride has been at the

Daily Recovery Reading – October 31, 2011

Reflection for the Day If I’m to continue growing in the Program, I must literally “get wise to myself.” I must remember that for most of my life I’ve been terribly self-deceived. The sin of pride has been at the

Daily Recovery Reading – October 13, 2011

Reflection for the Day My progress in recovery depends in large measure on my attitude, and my attitude is up to me. It’s the way I decide to look at things. Nobody can force an attitude on me. For me,

Daily Recovery Reading – October 13, 2011

Reflection for the Day My progress in recovery depends in large measure on my attitude, and my attitude is up to me. It’s the way I decide to look at things. Nobody can force an attitude on me. For me,

Daily Recovery Reading – October 12, 2011

Reflection for the Day Many people we meet in the Program radiate a kind of special glow—a joy in living that shows in their faces and bearing. They’ve put aside alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals and nave progressed to the

Daily Recovery Reading – October 12, 2011

Reflection for the Day Many people we meet in the Program radiate a kind of special glow—a joy in living that shows in their faces and bearing. They’ve put aside alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals and nave progressed to the