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 A Day at a Time Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 Reflection for the Day I used to be an expert at unrealistic self-appraisal. At certain times, I would look only at that part of my life which seemed good. Then I would magnify whatever real or imagined virtues I had attained. Next, I would pat myself&...

 Twenty-Four Hours a Day Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 AA Thought for the Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that if we go in there, we'll probably end up drunk, with our…

 Step by Step Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014  Today, I will work on ACCEPTANCE of the things I CAN change and those I cannot. In accepting what I can change, I need both humility and courage to make changes even if they are not what I want but know I need; I need w...

 Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 Today's thought from Hazelden is: He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.  -- Thomas Fuller Often we're afraid to forgive others who've hurt us because we believe that, in doing so, w...

 The Eye Opener Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014  We alcoholics were saved from unnumbered deaths in our drinking days and preserved for a purpose that only we could accomplish. God has His way of doing things and He selects people to be the instrumentality through which He works. If you fail to ...

 Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 Today's thought from Hazelden is: How the I pervades all things!  -- William Ellery Channing If we could extract the "I" from our thoughts, some of us would lose our focus. We have a tendency to think only of our comfort, our convenience, our point of ...

 The Eye Opener Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014  Created in God's image, with the breath of God in my nostrils, my body the Temple of the Holy Ghost, called by the Christ a child of God, surely, I could walk with angels if I could only live up to my heritage. Man has fallen short of…

 A Day at a Time Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 Reflection for the Day If I am troubled, worried, exasperated or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else? When I am in such a state, is my conversation, "He did ...," "She said ...," &qu...

 Twenty-Four Hours a Day Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 AA Thought for the Day One thing we learn in AA is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking, we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the…

 Step by Step Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014  Today, I will remember that, as a drinking alcoholic, I was my own judge, jury and executioner. In giving my all to whiskey, I judged myself to be unworthy of anything better, of feeling anything good. I deemed myself guilty of deserving all which ...