My friend had emphasized the absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs. Particularly was it imperative to work with others as he had worked with me. Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true […]
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Willpower
Willpower is God asking, “Will you give up your power?” – Josh C. We gathered, some eagerly, some going through the motions, doing the work despite emotions pulling elsewhere. We assembled, reading words familiar, comforting, habitual sliding over the words, […]
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I can be a living example or a dying example of how the program works. (Voices of Recovery, page 16) Sometimes I’m an eagle, others a grackle. Sometimes my life is marvelous, a magnet for others, a delight for me, wondrous […]
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We gather, sick folk, formerly insane, fully professing inability to manage our lives, rejoicing in our disorder. We gather for we are ours, we are one whether strangers or family, whether alike or opposites in others’ eyes. We gather, home, […]
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To come and sit as one in time of change — to rest, embraced at heart, despite large strides down sundry paths — I’m blessed.
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