Topics 5/5/25 ❤️🩹
*1 ) THE FOREST AND THE TREES*
… what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . .-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60
2) *12×12 p. 129*
The unity of A.A. is the most cherished quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely upon it. Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God.
3) *KEEP IT SIMPLE*
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
-Catherine Ponder
We need to forgive so we can heal. Forgiveness means not wanting to get even. Forgiveness means letting go of self-will. Anger and hate are forms of self-will take up room in our heart. This is why forgiving is so powerful for us.
4) *One More Day*
Learn to like what you are, for you take yourself with you wherever you go.
-K. O’Brien
My illness has not changed who I am. The course of my life has been changed, but my direction remains the same – forward.