Today I choose to build a pathway to freedom from the bondage of self. –Ruth Fishel Holding on to the past, either through guilt, longing, denial, or resentment, is a waste of valuable energy – energy that can be used to transform today and tomorrow. “I used to live in my past,” said one recoveringContinue reading “Peace With The Past – Language Of Letting Go September 25th”
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Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.
“Perhaps there is a better way – we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as weContinue reading “Trust – Am I Willing To Get Into The Wheelbarrow Today Right Now ? Transcript Of Talk By Bob D.”
How Are We Doing ? – Grapevine Daily Quote September 12th , 2023
Without much doubt, a million alcoholics have approached AA during the last thirty years. We can soberly ask ourselves what became of the 600,000 who did not stay.” AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965, Grapevine Article “Responsibility Is Our Theme”
Choice Regained – Grapevine Article July 1961 By V.W.
One of the greatest benefits of sobriety. . . AA HAS brought me numerous gifts in addition to sobriety, but all of them pivot about that one central necessity for the alcoholic: to gain and maintain sobriety. Without that I would again lose my direction and my identity and revert to a weary wanderer inContinue reading “Choice Regained – Grapevine Article July 1961 By V.W.”
Becoming Students Of Life – Keep It Simple September 4th
In my view, we of this world are pupils in the great school of life – Bill W. Our addiction has taught us much. It has taught us how far we can get from ourselves, our Higher Power, and those who love us.. Hopefully, we’ve learned we can’t go it alone. Do I allow myselfContinue reading “Becoming Students Of Life – Keep It Simple September 4th”
Savoring Our Sobriety – Grapevine Article August 1982 By C.C.
IT WAS NATURAL for us to begin our journey of happy sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous with an anticipation of trouble in trying to live in the now, one day at a time. After all, we had spent years deeply regretting painful pasts and weeping about dismal futures. We are fortunate that so much attention isContinue reading “Savoring Our Sobriety – Grapevine Article August 1982 By C.C.”
Listening To The Music Of Today – Each Day A New Beginning August 28th
There are sounds to seasons. There are sounds to places, and there are sounds to every time in one’s life. –Alison Wyrley Birch Live is rich and full. Your life. My life. Even when the day feels flat or hollow, there’s a richness to it that escapes our attention. We see only what we chooseContinue reading “Listening To The Music Of Today – Each Day A New Beginning August 28th”
Morning Thoughts – As Bill Sees It #243
On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity and from dishonest or self-seeking motives. Free of these, we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be on aContinue reading “Morning Thoughts – As Bill Sees It #243”
A Remarkable Sensation – Grapevine Article March 1997 by T.J.
Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. I was one of those AA newcomers who chafed at the “God parts” of the Twelve Steps. I thought it was beneath my dignity to believe in God. As a budding alcoholicContinue reading “A Remarkable Sensation – Grapevine Article March 1997 by T.J.”
Putting It Off A Day At A Time – Grapevine Article June 1984 By C.C.
AMONG THE PARADOXES that apply to alcoholics is that we are impatient procrastinators. We want success and perfection right now, but we are caught up by a disease that functions as the world’s greatest delaying mechanism. Taking things slowly and gradually, as well as simply, in Alcoholics Anonymous makes character growth more solid. We areContinue reading “Putting It Off A Day At A Time – Grapevine Article June 1984 By C.C.”