On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. (Alcoholics […]
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Question with Boldness
…shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, […]
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Our Higher Power gives us as much truth as we are willing to work for and accept. ~ L., Elisabeth. Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters (Hazelden Meditations Book 1) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Is your recovery stymied? Have […]
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I heard how the Inner Child or True Self is the way that we connect with our Higher Power, so I wrote out some questions for my Inner Child. I said: “Do you believe in a Higher Power?” He wrote […]
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This too shall pass — like all the other kidney stones. ~ Miranda O I’ve never had kidney stones but vividly remember being alone in a hotel room in December, 1988, surrounded by people who through the years would be […]
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