Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (p. […]
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Keep It Simple
“Let’s not louse this thing up. Let’s keep it simple.” ~ Dr. Bob to Bill W. We must breathe to live. What else MUST we do? Nothing. Everything else, all of life, is a choice. Other things are advisable, some […]
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I came to her an education slob, convinced degrees identified worthy friends. I heard her speak, knew she married young, her husband signing her report cards. I knew she’d been in Recovery decades while I wore unmatched shoes since I […]
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What exactly is meditation? Is it something hypnotic, strange, and beyond my capabilities? The dictionary tells me it means”to think contemplatively.” When I look up “contemplative” it says “to view thoughtfully.” ~ Courage to Change, p. 173, Al-Anon So meditation […]
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Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another’s conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the […]
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