http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/forums/66 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:45:02 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/forums/66 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3756/t/December-19th.html
UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY

When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising. - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139

Having suffered from alcoholism, I should understand the illness, but sometimes I feel annoyance, even contempt, toward a person who cannot make it in A.A. When I feel that way, I am satisfying... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3756 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:45:02 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3754/t/December-18th.html
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. - John Ruskin

It's hard to keep from trying to control the lives of others, especially in a family. We can learn from the man whose friend drove twenty miles to and from work on the freeway every day. "How can you do it?" he asked. "I've tried, and I can't go a mile in such traffic without screaming at the crazy drivers who cut in, go too slow, change lanes.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3754 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:27:42 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3753/t/December-17th.html
A PRICELESS REWARD

. . . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It works when other activities fail. - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89

"Life will take on a new meaning," as the Big Book says (p. 89) This promise has helped me to avoid self-seeking and self-pity. To watch others grow in this wonderful program, to see them improve the quality of their lives, is a priceless reward for my effort to help others. Self-examination is yet... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3753 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:11:01 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3751/t/December-16th.html
A.A. Thought For The Day

The way of A.A. is the way of faith. We don't get the full benefit of the program until we surrender our lives to some Power greater than ourselves and trust that Power to give us the strength we need. There is no better way for us. We can get sober without it. We can stay sober for some time without it. But if we are going to truly live, we must take the way of faith in God. That is the path for us. We must follow... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3751 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:45:07 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3750/t/December-15th.html
Great symphonies begin with just one note. - Priscilla Young Pratt

Sometimes it's really hard to get going. We put off things we don't want to do, or are afraid to try. We occasionally feel overwhelmed by the size of a job to be done like cleaning out the cellar or reading a long book for a class.

But think a minute. If Beethoven had thought about how complicated it was to write his Ninth Symphony, with all those instruments and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3750 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:46:59 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3749/t/December-14th.html
REACHING OUT

Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95

When I come into contact with a newcomer, do I have a tendency to look at him from my perceived angle of success in A.A.? Do I compare him with the large number of acquaintances I have made in the Fellowship? Do I point out to him in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3749 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:57:28 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3748/t/December-13th.html
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. - Saint Theresa

Learning to detach may be the most demanding and difficult part of this program. Detachment means being filled with closeness and love toward someone, yet knowing we cannot fix or protect that person. It means we can be in emotional contact but don't have to react to someone else's issues. We respond from our own center with what is fitting for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3748 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:36:59 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3745/t/December-12th.html
A COMMON SOLUTION

The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 17

The most far-reaching Twelfth Step work was the publication of our Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Few can equal... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3745 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:56:52 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3743/t/December-11th.html
We Need Outside Help, p.248

It was evident that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission of our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough. We'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves--the help of God and of another human being.

Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3743 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:34 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3742/t/December-10th.html
CARRYING THE MESSAGE

Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 109

To renounce the alcoholic world is not to abandon it, but to act upon... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3742 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:15:09 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3740/t/December-9th.html
A.A. Thought For The Day

The way of A.A. is the way of fellowship. We have read a good deal about fellowship and yet it is such an important part of the A.A. program that it seems that we cannot think too much about it. Human beings were not meant to live alone. A hermit's life is not a normal or natural one. We all need to be by ourselves at times, but we cannot really live without the companionship of others. Our natures demand it. Our... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3740 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:28:23 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3739/t/December-8th.html
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor. - Nicholas De Chamfort

We sometimes find it difficult to accept a compliment. We may feel we don't deserve such attention, and point out reasons why the compliment is untrue. When we act this way, we show a lack of love for ourselves.

God teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Yet, before we can love anyone, we must believe we... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3739 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:17:07 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3738/t/December-7th.html
TRUE AMBITION

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25

During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in everything I did was to have the power to be at the top. My inner self kept telling me something else but I couldn't accept it. I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3738 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:33:07 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3736/t/December-6th.html
The Way Of Strength, p. 129

We need not apologize to anyone for depending upon the Creator.
We have good reason to disbelieve those who think spirituality is the
way of weakness. For us, it is the way of strength.

The verdict of the ages is that men of faith seldom lack courage.
They trust their God. So we never apologize for our belief in Him.
Instead, we try to let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3736 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:43:14 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3734/t/December-5th.html
A NEW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. - TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107

Many of us in A.A. puzzle over what is a spiritual awakening. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. But what usually happens is that a sense of well-being, a feeling of peace, transforms us into a new level of awareness. That's what happened to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3734 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:29:48 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3732/t/December-4th.html
Those Other People, p.268

"Just like you, I have often thought myself the victim of what other people say and do. Yet every time I confessed the sins of such people, especially those whose sins did not correspond exactly with my own, I found that I only increased the total damage. My own resentment, my self-pity would often render me well-nigh useless to anybody.

"So, nowadays, if anyone talks of me so as to hurt, I first ask... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3732 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:53:16 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3731/t/December-3rd.html
IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS

. . . . we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106

I find that carrying the message of recovery to other alcoholics is easy because it helps me to stay sober and it provides me with a sense of well-being about my own recovery. The hard part is practicing these principles in all my affairs. It is important that I share the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3731 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:41:03 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3730/t/December-2nd.html
The management assumes no responsibility for what is found. - Abraham Maslow

There are so many occasions when we would like to blame somebody - wife, child, parent, or "the management," for our feelings. When we get frustrated, overworked, or angry, we want somebody else to take responsibility. In truth, each of us has his own path and is responsible for his feelings. One man said that living alone made it clear to him that his wife wasn't... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3730 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:34:46 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3728/t/December-1st.html
And it isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of a heartache
At the setting of the sun.
- Margaret Sangster

A quality we all share, a very human quality, is to expect perfection from ourselves, to expect the impossible in all tasks done. We must rejoice for the good we do. Each time we pat ourselves on the back for a job well done, our confidence grows a little bit... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3728 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:15:14 GMT http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3725/t/November-30th.html
A.A. Thought For The Day

We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always comes before the act. It has been suggested that people should always get in touch with an A.A. before taking that first drink. The failure to do so makes it probable that they decided to take the drink anyway. And yet the thoughts that come... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sam923) http://recoveryinn.yuku.com/topic/3725 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:16:03 GMT