Topics 11/15/24❤️🩹 1) Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation Read more…
Topics 11/10/24 ❤️🩹 1) “Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.”-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 2) “A burden shared is a burden cut in half” What is the result of honest sharing? It helps us lose Read more…
Topics 11/9/24 ❤️🩹 1) But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun.-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 2) The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at Read more…
Topics 11/8/24 ❤️🩹 1) “We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.”-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 2) “Have the courage to live; anyone can die.” —Robert Cody Living means facing all Read more…
Topics 11/4/24 ❤️🩹 1. ” … when they [self-examination, meditation, and prayer] are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life.”-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 98 2. Some of us complain about being too sensitive, or others may tell us so. This sets us up Read more…
Topics 11/3/24 ❤️🩹 1) “There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.”-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 98 2) “Words are the voice of the heart.”—Confucius What does my heart have to say today? We will find this Read more…
Topics 10/29/24 ❤️🩹 1) Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 2) We learned about our shortcomings — and of pride in particular — and began to replace self-satisfaction Read more…
Topics 10/28/24 ❤️🩹 1. We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRDITIONS, p. 177 2. Sometimes sobriety turns up problems that were never apparent during Read more…
Topics 10/27/24 ❤️🩹 1. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like Read more…