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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support Today, 08:51 AM
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Posted By roverl0616
As Sick As Anyone Else

If only it was as easy for all of us to see what's wrong with ourselves as we're all able to see in other people. And as painful as this can sometimes be for all of us to be able to see what's wrong...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations Today, 05:11 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 30: The storms that come against your...

June 30: The storms that come against your spiritual house are from the enemy who is always trying to tear down your dwelling place in Christ. Rise up and resist that evil work and overcome. James...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Today, 04:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 30 I believe that every single event in...

June 30

I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear.

~Oprah Winfrey

When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations Yesterday, 06:56 AM
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Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 29: When it seems like you can get nothing...

June 29: When it seems like you can get nothing done, have patience and take everything as it comes. Refuse to focus on things that have no eternal value. Do not give yourself to frustration and...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations Yesterday, 06:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 28: The difficulties of the past few months...

June 28: The difficulties of the past few months will begin to subside as you get into the rhythm of this new season. You have had to endure many things that were outside of your so-called...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Yesterday, 06:42 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 29 Solitude is not something you must...

June 29

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present.

~Thomas Merton

We can take a few moments, right now, to really quiet ourselves,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Yesterday, 06:37 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 30 Liberated by responsibilities ...

June 30

Liberated by responsibilities

It’s certainly reasonable to consider yourself burdened by your various responsibilities. Yet it is equally true that you can be liberated by the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Yesterday, 06:36 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 29 Genuine understanding You have...

June 29

Genuine understanding

You have your own perspective, and it is well-informed and valuable. Yet you do not know it all, and it’s a good idea to avoid the assumption that you do.

Other...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-28-2024, 02:36 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 28 The Third Promise We will...

June 28

The Third Promise

We will comprehend the word serenity and know peace.

~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

When we read this promise, we nod our heads eagerly. When we first decided...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-28-2024, 01:44 AM
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Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 28 Your potential You have plenty...

June 28

Your potential

You have plenty of unrealized potential. Whenever you choose, you can transform good things that could be into good things that are.

There is great abundance in this...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-27-2024, 05:46 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 27: Be still. Settle your soul and your...

June 27: Be still. Settle your soul and your spirit so that you can rest in My presence. Let go of all worry, strife and contention. There are things you can do something about, so do that. But,...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-27-2024, 05:39 AM
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Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 27 Never forget what a man says to you...

June 27

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

~Henry Ward Beecher

Do we speak the truth when we are angry? We are always quick to say, "I really didn't mean it," and we may...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-26-2024, 05:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 26: You are progressing nicely, but you...

June 26: You are progressing nicely, but you still have a ways to go. I will send the help and provision you need to succeed. Be strong and of good courage, and never lose hope or allow your faith to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-26-2024, 05:19 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 26 I am grateful for this minute. My...

June 26

I am grateful for this minute.
My eternity may be in it.

~AA Grapevine, March 1947

The present moment is our link to the divine. How we conduct ourselves in the present moment is...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-26-2024, 05:16 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 26 Quickly recover You had the...

June 26

Quickly recover

You had the best of intentions, and even got off to a great start. Then you were hit with a totally unexpected disruption.

You can’t turn back the clock and prevent...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-25-2024, 01:26 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By willbe275
Always put gratitude into your attitude.

Always put gratitude into your attitude.
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 06-25-2024, 10:11 AM
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Posted By roverl0616
Other Than What We Are

All of us can seek all the pleasure we all want to, and in doing so we all find out one thing for sure that this will never be enough to end the pain that was in all of our lives. We've all become so...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-25-2024, 04:56 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 25: I have equipped you and enabled you to...

June 25: I have equipped you and enabled you to do all that is necessary in this season. But, you must believe that I am with you, and that I am your very present help, says the Lord. Lean on Me...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-25-2024, 04:41 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 25 Love bade me welcome: yet my soul...

June 25

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back.

~George Herbert

A loving invitation is far more powerful than a sales pitch. When we welcome newcomers to the program, it is always...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-24-2024, 06:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 24: You are coming through this difficult...

June 24: You are coming through this difficult time, but you are not there yet. Do not get discouraged in this process. It is a time of intense spiritual growth and understanding. You will look back...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-24-2024, 06:26 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 24 Honesty Admitted to God, to...

June 24

Honesty

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

~Step Five of Al-Anon

Talking openly and honestly to another person about...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-24-2024, 06:24 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 24 Active appreciation Take...

June 24

Active appreciation

Take something for granted and you diminish its value. Take it for granted long enough and you could lose it altogether.

That’s because whatever you take for...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-23-2024, 05:09 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 23: Refuse to allow yourself to get stuck...

June 23: Refuse to allow yourself to get stuck right here. I speak of stagnation spiritually, mentally, or emotionally. Take advantage of every opportunity to be motivated. Consider your options and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-23-2024, 04:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 23 One doesn't discover new lands...

June 23

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

~André Gide

When we've let go of our old certainties but aren't yet established...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-22-2024, 04:58 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 22: It is time to get everything in order...

June 22: It is time to get everything in order that you possibly can. This is not only for your peace of mind, but for your general well-being. The pieces of your life that look like a jigsaw puzzle...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-22-2024, 04:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 22 Happiness is a decision. We...

June 22

Happiness is a decision.

We came into this program desperate for help and perhaps solace too. We knew our lives were more painful than most. Seeing all the smiles and hearing the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-22-2024, 04:31 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 23 Small spaces Somewhere near you...

June 23

Small spaces

Somewhere near you is an opportunity to transform clutter and chaos into order and meaning. Somewhere within reach is the possibility of creating beauty.

What place, or...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-22-2024, 04:30 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 22 Richness that endures A new toy...

June 22

Richness that endures

A new toy will not bring new richness or meaning to your life. That’s up to you, your work, your commitment, your time, your effort.

You swipe, you tap, and it...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-21-2024, 05:03 AM
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Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 21: Just like David and Goliath, your...

June 21: Just like David and Goliath, your breakthrough is going to be huge. You are inching closer every day. Trust Me to direct every step so that you will achieve your goal and step into a new...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-21-2024, 04:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 21 God Keeps Giving I am grateful...

June 21

God Keeps Giving

I am grateful for the gifts of recovery. Obviously, I have to put in work toward this program. And I'm okay with doing it every day - for the rest of my life. I used...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-21-2024, 04:38 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 21 Skepticism The ability to trust...

June 21

Skepticism

The ability to trust adds great value to your life on many different levels. Yet blind trust is worse than no trust at all.

For trust to work, it has to pass through the...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-20-2024, 04:52 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 30 Daily Reflections SACRIFICE =...

June 30

Daily Reflections

SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL

The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A. A.
will always depend upon our continued willingness to give
up some of our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-20-2024, 04:51 AM
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Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 29 Daily Reflections A RIPPLING...

June 29

Daily Reflections

A RIPPLING EFFECT

Having learned to live so happily, we'd show everyone else how. . .Yes,
we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-20-2024, 04:50 AM
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Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 28 Daily Reflections THE...

June 28

Daily Reflections

THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS

A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven
more.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-20-2024, 04:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 27 Daily Reflections CONFORMING TO...

June 27

Daily Reflections

CONFORMING TO THE A.A. WAY

We obey A.A.'s Steps and Traditions because we really want them for
ourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; we conform...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-19-2024, 05:42 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 19: There have been key people in your life...

June 19: There have been key people in your life that have had a positive influence on you. Rejoice in the help along the way, and refuse to be critical of those who created a stumbling block. No one...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-19-2024, 04:58 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 19 Imitating We don't need to...

June 19

Imitating

We don't need to imitate anyone. If we admire someone, we might aspire to her or his qualities (substance), but we needn't imitate that person's every gesture and word...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-19-2024, 04:57 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 19 Create excellence Excellence is...

June 19

Create excellence

Excellence is a highly desirable result. Yet the importance of excellence goes deeper than that.

Even more valuable than the result of excellence is the quest...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-18-2024, 06:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 18: The difficulties that you are facing...

June 18: The difficulties that you are facing will begin to sort themselves out. But, you must be patient. It could take more time than you anticipate. Just know that you are on the right track....
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-18-2024, 05:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 18 Originality is unexplored territory....

June 18

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

~Alan Alda

We are on an adventure trip in this program. Each of us is a wilderness...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-18-2024, 05:37 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 18 Trendy or dependable? What’s...

June 18

Trendy or dependable?

What’s trendy is valuable and exciting in the moment. But its value quickly fades.

What’s dependable continues to be attractive and useful over long stretches...
Forum: New Member Check In 06-17-2024, 04:30 PM
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Views: 267,171
Posted By Redcal
Hi everyone, Thursday will be my 19th year...

Hi everyone,
Thursday will be my 19th year anniversary in OA. Abstinent since June 2 1:53 pm. I've been in WA since Aug. 8, 2021.
Thanks for the forum and fellowship!
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-17-2024, 06:14 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
JUne 17 I'm always ready to learn, although...

JUne 17

I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

~Winston Churchill

We addicts are used to learning the hard way. Many of us think we're different and can do...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-17-2024, 06:13 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,614
Posted By bluidkiti
June 17 Don’t and do Don’t demand to be...

June 17

Don’t and do

Don’t demand to be entertained. Do offer to be useful.

Don’t wish for something good to come your way. Do create value out of what’s already available to you.

Don’t...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2024, 05:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 26 Daily Reflections A GIFT THAT...

June 26

Daily Reflections

A GIFT THAT GROWS WITH TIME

For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and
colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2024, 05:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 25 Daily Reflections A TWO-WAY...

June 25

Daily Reflections

A TWO-WAY STREET

If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case
does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2024, 05:28 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 24 Daily Reflections A SPIRITUAL...

June 24

Daily Reflections

A SPIRITUAL KINDERGARTEN

We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which
people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace
to go on living to...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2024, 05:27 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,658
Posted By bluidkiti
June 23 Daily Reflections TRUSTING...

June 23

Daily Reflections

TRUSTING OTHERS

But does trust require that we be blind to other people's motives or,
indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, we...
Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations 06-16-2024, 04:11 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,806
Posted By bluidkiti
June 16: Many of you, My children, are caught in...

June 16: Many of you, My children, are caught in the throes of division and mired in disagreements and disunity instead of seeking peace. I want you to remember that I have no favorites. When you are...
Forum: Daily Recovery Readings 06-16-2024, 03:58 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,778
Posted By bluidkiti
June 16 When you teach your son, you teach...

June 16

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.

~The Talmud

As we look at our own life history and begin to understand how we reached this point, we have to examine what was...
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