TOPICS – 10 / 16 / 2025
1) THROUGHOUT EACH DAY
This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Not until several more years of sobriety had elapsed did I realize the full meaning of Step Ten, and the word “continued.” “Continued” does not mean occasionally, or frequently. It means throughout each day.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
2) SELF CARE
“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” – Audre Lorde
3) WE DON’T CRAWL
“We should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God’s people we stand on our feet; we don’t crawl before anyone”
page 83 of The Big Book
4) PLEASURE THEN PAIN
“At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.” – Frank Tallis