A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. ~AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition. We often […]
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The Plan I Wrote and the One I Didn’t
And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer […]
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21 Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. 22 I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. 23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold […]
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At the end of the meeting after we’ve talked about our shame, our failures, our defects, the leader calmly reads the admonition, “Please remember our commitment to honor each other’s anonymity. What you hear here, whom you see here, when […]
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In my mind, I picture my Higher Power’s hands. One by one, I place my problems and worries, my joy and my gratitude, into those hands, and finally, I climb in too. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at […]
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