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AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE

Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 101

My spiritual growth is with God as I understand Him. With Him I find my true inner self. Daily meditation... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3681 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:23:38 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3679/t/November-7th.html
Spiritual Axiom, p. 309

It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong, too.

But are there no exceptions to this rule? What about "justifiable" anger? If somebody cheats us, aren't we entitled to be mad? And shouldn't we be properly angry with self-righteous folks?

For us of A.A. these... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3679 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:13:46 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3678/t/November-6th.html
GOING WITH THE FLOW

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him. . - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96

The first words I speak when arising in the morning are, "I arise, O God, to do Thy will." This is the shortest prayer I know and it is deeply ingrained in me. Prayer doesn't change God's attitude toward me; it changes my attitude toward God. As... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3678 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:12 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3677/t/November-5th.html
"THE QUALITY OF FAITH"

This. . . has to do with the quality of faith. . . . In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves. . . . We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done." - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.32

God does not grant me material possessions, take away my suffering, or spare me from disasters, but He does give me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3677 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:27 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3676/t/November-4th.html
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy. - Rachel Carson

When we embark on a new career, open an unfamiliar door, begin a loving relationship, we can seldom see nor can we even anticipate where the experience may take us. At best we can see only what this day brings. We can trust with certainty that we will be safely led through the "shadows."

To make gains in this life we must venture forth to new places, contact new people,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3676 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:28:06 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3675/t/November-3rd.html
From The Taproot, p. 305

The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our wholeSociety has sprung and flowered.

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Every newcomer is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.

So it is that we first see humility as a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3675 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:39 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3673/t/November-2nd.html
KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT

The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing. . . . - THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 240

A sober alcoholic finds it much easier to be optimistic about life. Optimism is the natural result of my finding myself gradually able to make the best, rather than the worst, of each situation. As my physical sobriety continues, I come out of the fog, gain a clearer... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3673 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:37:01 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3670/t/November-1st.html
Loving Advisers, p. 303

Had I not been blessed with wise and loving advisers, I might have cracked up long ago. A doctor once saved me from death by alcoholism because he obliged me to face up to the deadlines of that malady. Another doctor, a psychiatrist, later on helped me save my sanity because he led me to ferret out some of my deep-lying defects. From a clergyman I acquired the truthful principles by which we A.A.'s now try to live.
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3670 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:36:30 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3669/t/October-31st-Happy-Halloween-.html
Comradeship in Peril, p. 302

We A.A.'s are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck, when camaraderie, joyousness, and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to captain's table.

Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling of sharing in a common peril--relapse into alcoholism--continues to be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3669 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:44:53 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3667/t/October-30th.html
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way. - Florence Scovel Shinn

Should we make this move? Should we change jobs? Should we talk to others about our feelings? We are seldom short on prayers when we're filled with fear and indecision. We are, however, short on answers. Our worries block them out.

No prayer ever goes unanswered. Of this we can be certain. On the other hand, the answer may... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3667 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:55:41 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3666/t/October-29th.html
People Of Faith, p. 300

We who have traveled a path through agnosticism or atheism beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion. We have learned that, whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions. People of faith have a rational idea of what life is all about.

Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. We used to amuse ourselves by... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3666 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:27:37 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3665/t/October-28th.html
The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge. - Mirra Komarovsky

Discovering who we are is an adventure, one that will thrill and sometimes trouble us and will frequently occupy our thoughtful reflections. We are growing and changing as a result of our commitment to the program. And it's that process of commitment that heightens our self-awareness.

We learn who we are by listening to others, by sensing their perceptions... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3665 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:02:02 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3664/t/October-27th.html
I feel the more I know God, that He would sooner we did wrong in loving than never love for fear we should do wrong. - Father Andrew

Love has often been called the first rule of a spiritual life. As we awaken to our new life in this program, we learn that all of God's creation is full of objects for us to love. A sunset repeats the creative energy at work in our world today. It appears briefly, invites our love, and slowly fades away, only to be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3664 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:49:17 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3662/t/October-25th.html
A.A. Thought For The Day

Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this moment, which has been... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3662 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:29:50 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3661/t/October-24th.html
Become nothing before God, learn to keep silent; in this silence is the beginning, which is first to seek God's kingdom. - Soren Kierkegaard

So many devastating things can bring us to our knees. With experience we learn that pain and trouble are part of life. Most of us have fought against everyday realities as if they were our personal enemies. We accepted every challenge, thinking we had to be winners every time. Today we may feel broken by the loss... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3661 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:40:44 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3660/t/October-23rd.html
WHAT WE KNOW BEST

"Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle.
- TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 150

The survival of A.A. depends upon unity. What would happen if a group decided to become an employment... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3660 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:05:21 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3659/t/October-22nd.html
TRUE TOLERANCE

Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 92

The thought occurred to me that all people are emotionally ill to some extent. How could we not be? Who among us is spiritually perfect? Who among us is physically... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3659 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:12:45 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3656/t/October-21st.html
NOTHING GROWS IN THE DARK

We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. - AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10

With the self-discipline and insight gained from practicing Step Ten, I begin to know the gratifications of sobriety -- not as mere abstinence from alcohol, but as recovery in every department of my life. I renew hope, regenerate faith, and regain the dignity of self-respect. I discover the word... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3656 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:40:18 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3654/t/October-20th.html
SOLACE FOR CONFUSION

Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28

The concept of God was one that I struggled with during my early years of sobriety. The images that came... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3654 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:54:42 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3653/t/October-19th.html
One of the conclusions I have come to in my old age is the importance of living in the ever-present now. In the past, too often I indulged in the belief that somehow or other tomorrow would be brighter or happier or richer. - Ruth Casey

How easily our minds jump from the present to the foibles of the past or our fears about the future. How seldom are our minds on this moment, and only this moment.

Before we picked up this book,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3653 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:59:08 GMT