Topics 8/4/24 ❤️🩹 1. SEEDS OF FAITH Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 2. When egos collide, use kind words, do what you have control over, and Read more…
Topics 8/3/24 ❤️🩹 1. … TO BE OF SERVICE Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 77 2. Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing Read more…
7/30/24 ❤️🩹 1. … he has struck something better than gold. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. Read more…
Topics 7/29/24 ❤️🩹 1. As active alcoholics we were always looking for a handout in one way or another.-THE TWELVE TRADITIONS ILLUSTRATED p. 14 2. “Preach always … use words if necessary.”-St. Francis of AssisiI’ve heard it said many times that the Twelve Step way of life is a way Read more…
Topics 7/24/24 ❤️🩹 1. “Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 2. The work of adult life is not easy.—Gail SheehyWe used to look for a easier, softer way. We tried to take Read more…
Topics 7/23/24 ,❤️🩹 1. “I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 2. Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn’t strange that Read more…
Topics 7/22/24 ❤️🩹 1. “My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 2. “Let us always love the best in others–and never fear their worst.” We are all, to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong. When Read more…
7/18/24 ❤️🩹 1. During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God.-12 & 12, p. 75 2. Two things can spoil group unity–gossip and criticism. To avoid these divisive things, we must realize that we’re all in Read more…
Topics 7/17/24 ❤️🩹 1. My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency Read more…
Topics 7/16/24 ❤️🩹 1. “A MEASURE OF HUMILITY” In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain.-TWELVE STEPS AND Read more…