Just For Today
May 10, 2025
Becoming entirely ready
"We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects."
Basic Text, p. 34
Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process,...See more
"Listen until the listener disappears.
All is clear in the stillness of the mind."
~Samantha Moultrup
We live in a world where people add mud to their waters to give the appearance of depth. Marketers and the media machine have perfected this act. Providing us with solutions...See more
May 09, 2025
Love and Step Twelve
Page 134
"When we are practicing Step Twelve to the best of our ability, love becomes central to all that we do--there is no more powerful antidote to the despair and self-destruction of addiction."
Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Love"
Love in...See more
May 08, 2025
Teachable
Page 134
"We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully."
Basic Text, p. 96
In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will...See more
May 07, 2025
Turning turmoil into peace
Page 133
"With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am."
Basic Text, p. 145
Some days it doesn't pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew...See more
May 06, 2025
The Discernment Dimmer Switch
Page 131
"Discernment comes from hard experience: trusting people we shouldn't, being hurt, and coming back anyway."
Living Clean, Chapter 5, "Friendship"
Addicts seem especially prone to being all-or-nothing people. We either know or...See more
May 05, 2025
Gratitude for All of Life's Challenges
Page 130
"When we feel the deepest gratitude, we can look back and see that our path to that moment was neither short nor straight."
Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Keys to Freedom"
"I'm so grateful for the life I have, thanks to...See more