Category Archives: Hope For Today
Daily Reading – May 20, 2013 – Ups and downs and the good times…
The serenity I am offered in Al-Anon is not an escape from life. Rather, it is the power to find peacefulness within life. Al-Anon does not promise me freedom from pain, sorrow or difficult situations. It does, however, give me
Daily Reading – May 20, 2013 – Ups and downs and the good times…
The serenity I am offered in Al-Anon is not an escape from life. Rather, it is the power to find peacefulness within life. Al-Anon does not promise me freedom from pain, sorrow or difficult situations. It does, however, give me
Daily Reading – May 16, 2013 – Align the will…
Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon There has been no better quotes to sum up my past three weeks than this. Without going into too many details suffice it to say
Daily Reading – May 16, 2013 – Align the will…
Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon There has been no better quotes to sum up my past three weeks than this. Without going into too many details suffice it to say
Daily Recovery Reading – April 19, 2013 – Arthritis of the Personality…
When I first stopped trying to fix other people, I turned my attention to “curing” myself. I was in a hurry to get this healing process over. I wanted immediate recovery from the effects of growing up in a family
Daily Recovery Reading – April 19, 2013 – Arthritis of the Personality…
When I first stopped trying to fix other people, I turned my attention to “curing” myself. I was in a hurry to get this healing process over. I wanted immediate recovery from the effects of growing up in a family
Daily Reading – April 15, 2013 – Detaching…filling the void…
My Al-Anon sponsor once suggested I detach from my problem and attach instead to my Higher Power. Until I practiced Step Three and turned my will and life over to God’s care, detaching was more like constructing a wall of protection from
Daily Reading – April 15, 2013 – Detaching…filling the void…
My Al-Anon sponsor once suggested I detach from my problem and attach instead to my Higher Power. Until I practiced Step Three and turned my will and life over to God’s care, detaching was more like constructing a wall of protection from
Daily Reading – April 2, 2013 – Constant Contact…
I’ve heard some people condense the activities of spiritual life into these words: quiet the mind; open the heart. In encouraging myself to expand my understanding of prayer and meditation, I like to recall those suggestions. I think of anything
Daily Reading – April 2, 2013 – Constant Contact…
I’ve heard some people condense the activities of spiritual life into these words: quiet the mind; open the heart. In encouraging myself to expand my understanding of prayer and meditation, I like to recall those suggestions. I think of anything
Daily Reading – March 23, 2013 – Choices
I was around a lot of anger this weekend. Some of it belonged to the alcoholics in my life, and some of it belonged to me as I came to grips with my powerlessness over people, places and things. By
Daily Reading – March 23, 2013 – Choices
I was around a lot of anger this weekend. Some of it belonged to the alcoholics in my life, and some of it belonged to me as I came to grips with my powerlessness over people, places and things. By
Daily Reading – March 19, 2013 – Fix your thoughts on what is…
My father died of alcoholism when I was in my 20′s. I knew others who had lost parents to more respectable diseases, and their grief was evident. Where was mine? Instead I felt relief, pity, a vague sense of sadness,
Daily Reading – March 19, 2013 – Fix your thoughts on what is…
My father died of alcoholism when I was in my 20′s. I knew others who had lost parents to more respectable diseases, and their grief was evident. Where was mine? Instead I felt relief, pity, a vague sense of sadness,
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Daily Reading – March 18, 2013 – Let It Go!!!!!! But don’t lose the lesson!
I am not accountable for being born into an alcoholic environment where I couldnt’ clearly see my choices. As an adult, however, it is now my responsibility to deal with the consequences of past decisions. Many of the amends I
Daily Reading – March 18, 2013 – Let It Go!!!!!! But don’t lose the lesson!
I am not accountable for being born into an alcoholic environment where I couldnt’ clearly see my choices. As an adult, however, it is now my responsibility to deal with the consequences of past decisions. Many of the amends I
Daily Reading – March 11, 2013
“Take care of yourself” is a common phrase, but I didn’t always pay attention to its deeper meaning. When I came to Al-Anon, the idea of caring for myself was foreign. I usually tried to take care of others and
Daily Reading – March 11, 2013
“Take care of yourself” is a common phrase, but I didn’t always pay attention to its deeper meaning. When I came to Al-Anon, the idea of caring for myself was foreign. I usually tried to take care of others and
Daily Recovery Reading – March 9, 2013
Al-Anon tells me I don’t have to accept unacceptable behavior. It has taken me a long time to learn what acceptable, even desirable, behavior looks like so that I can determine what is unacceptable. I believe strongly that these difficulties
Daily Recovery Reading – March 9, 2013
Al-Anon tells me I don’t have to accept unacceptable behavior. It has taken me a long time to learn what acceptable, even desirable, behavior looks like so that I can determine what is unacceptable. I believe strongly that these difficulties
