Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Thought for the Day
In the past, we kept right on drinking in spite of all the trouble we got into. We were foolish enough to believe that drinking could still be fun in spite of everything that happened to us. When we came into AA, we found a lot of people who, like ourselves, had had fun with drinking but who now admitted that liquor had become nothing but trouble for them. And when we found that this thing had happened to a lot of other people be… Continue

A Day at a Time
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Reflection for the Day
The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior - no matter how offensive, distasteful or vicious - is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery is primary, and while we must be unafraid of walking away from people or situations that cause us discomfort, we must also make a special effort to try to understand other pe… Continue

The Eye Opener
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Many practicing alcoholics know their desperate need for AA but are reluctant to do anything about it as they feel their friends would ridicule them, and so they continue drinking and making themselves ridiculous.

Too many of us put too much emphasis on the reactions of people whose reactions are not worth considering.

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Just for Today

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Just for today, I cannot unleash the destruction of feelings whose power is more than negative: they can be devastating and crack the foundation of recovery and sobriety. If I am angry, I will not respond emotionally and instead will detatch and ask as an observer rather than a participant if my anger is logical; if it is, I will deal with it unemotionally; if it isn't, I will let it go. If I am lonely, I will remember that loneliness

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