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11/23/2025

Happiness in the older years of life, like happiness in every year of life, is a matter of choice - your choice for yourself.

We empower ourselves every time we accept responsibility for choosing the thoughts and feelings we act on. Choosing behavior that encourages happiness is often as easy as any other choice, and the rewards are certainly greater than when we act out of fear or resentment. Events we had expected to be troubling, and relationships where we had predicted conflict, are more likely to turn out surprisingly smooth when we come to them with a happy attitude. We will feel better about ourselves when we can respond to other people with encouragement and hope.

We complicate our lives unnecessarily when we choose to act out of meanness, self-centeredness, or self-pity. Actions arising from negative attitudes eventually lower our self-esteem and block our connection to God. Happiness is often as simple as making the decision to take charge of who we are now, as we rely on God's will for us.

I will choose happiness today as I rely on God's will for me.

11/22/2025

Gifts
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

The things that really count in life are not those we can hold in the hand, but those we cherish in the heart. Material possessions can be replaced, at least in part, if they are stolen, lost, or destroyed. But those things that are of greatest value to our security, serenity, and continued growth are safe within our minds and hearts. Even when we give generously from this store of precious spiritual tools, they magically remain with us to be given away again and again. We are taught to give, share, and be helpful without expecting others to be in our debt.

When I give of myself, the sharing doesn't stop after a single act. Those gifts are passed from one to another to form an endless chain of love.

11/21/2025

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

If we are addicted, chances are that our lives are built on lying. We all have many shortcomings, but when we are addicted, lying reigns supreme. We are so ashamed of our behavior that we flee the truth and, even in the smallest things, automatically turn to a lie.

Lying is an offense against life and those we love. Why can't we look our beloved in the eye? Why do we turn away from our children and deceive them in our shame? Our program insists on rigorous honesty from the very beginning. We must be honest with ourselves and with our fellow sufferers. In the community of our recovery group, as we speak the truth fearlessly and openly, we gradually come to terms with ourselves and learn to be there for others.

It is time to recognize that lying cuts us off from others; the truth binds us together.

I am tired of lying when I look into the eyes of those who trust me. I know I can learn to be honest and come to trust in myself and in the truth.

11/20/2025

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Our program asks us "to be fearless and thorough from the very start." We are warned that some of us will hold on to old ideas and that the result will be nil unless "we let go absolutely." Recovery asks that we put our heart into our programs. How? By working the Steps. By calling group members to see how they're doing or to let them know how we're doing. By meeting with our sponsors, so they can get to know us and guide us in working the Steps.

This is just what we need. We must not sit on the sidelines of the program. We should not settle for the illusion of commitment that we got by drinking and drugging. We need to surrender, to let go absolutely and enjoy the ride.

Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, I give my heart and soul to you to do with as you want. Place me where I can do the most good.

I pray for the willingness to let go absolutely.

Today's Action
For today, I will work at stepping into the day with all my heart. I will work on having the attitude and actions of letting go absolutely.

11/19/2025

Because I have been athirst, I will dig a well that others may drink.

Most of us do as we please. When we want to go, we go; when we want to stay, we stay. We're accustomed to moving around freely and never even think about it. We trust that a door will open if we turn the k**b and push. Unfortunately, we never appreciate what we take for granted, and we are less grateful for that.

A young man at an adult child meeting shared that he had just been released from prison, where doors are locked. After his release, the first thing he had done, he said, was to walk back and forth across the pressure plate of the bus station door. He wanted to be the one to make a door open and close. Onlookers had laughed at him, he said, but he didn't care. He appreciated the chance to move, to go where he wanted. Having known the hell of doors that won't open, he had an awareness that the rest of us didn't have. As his recovery continues, he will have much to share with people who've been trapped in prisons of their own.

May I have the insight to recognize my own special qualifications, and the willingness to share them with others.

11/18/2025

I need to be continually gathered back into the fold.

Step Ten suggests that we take a daily inventory of ourselves, continuing in the spirit of Step Four's searching and fearless review of our past.

We can take a few moments at any time during the day or evening for quiet reflection and review of the past twenty-four hours. We can list all that we're grateful for. Scanning our contacts with others, we can ask ourselves whether we've kept open the channels of truthful and caring communication.

If there is something we wish we had done differently, rather than criticize or punish ourselves, we can decide to remedy the situation at the earliest opportunity, admitting any mistakes and changing our behavior. If there are positive actions we've taken during the day - or actions we've wisely refrained from taking - we can acknowledge our progress. No inventory lists only deficits.

Let's also take a fresh look at our relationship with ourselves and ask whether we're treating ourselves with sensitivity and respect. Let's remember, too, to honor our relationship to Spirit and ask for help in cherishing the life force flowing through us.

Today, I review my actions in a spirit of gentleness and with faith in the possibility of progress.

11/17/2025

"Listen and learn": It's a slogan that becomes more useful the more we use it.
It's not easy to admit that we don't listen well. We may appear to be listening when we're deep in conversation, but how much do we really hear? There is a big difference between listening and hearing.

From Twelve Step meetings and the sponsors and friends we acquire here, we have many opportunities to get the help we need, but we have to be willing first to listen and then to really hear what they tell us. Learning comes from hearing.

What is it that we need to hear at these meetings? We need to hear that it's possible to go on with our lives and be happy, even if the addict is still using. We need to hear that it's possible to let go of trying to control other people and live our lives only. We need to hear how others have done an inventory and have begun to look honestly at themselves instead of others for a change. And we need to hear of the relief that comes with forgiveness. Over time we'll learn many more things. This is only a beginning, but it's a good place to start.

I know others will be sharing messages I need to hear today. God, help me be willing to listen, hear, and learn.

11/16/2025

Reflection for the Day

If I live just one day at a time, I won't so quickly entertain fears of what might happen tomorrow. As long as I'm concentrating on today's activities, there won't be room in my mind for worrying. I'll try to fill every minute of this day with something good - seen, heard, accomplished. Then, when the day is ended, I'll be able to look back on it with satisfaction, serenity, and gratitude. Do I sometimes cherish bad feelings so that I can feel sorry for myself?

Today I Pray

That I will get out of the self-pity act and live for today. May I notice the good things from dawn to nightfall, learn to talk about them, and thank my Higher Power for them. May I catch myself if I seem to be relishing my moans and complaints more often than appreciating the goodness of my life?

Today I Will Remember

Today is good.

11/15/2025

Life, I love you. All is groovy.

Working the Twelve Steps is more than recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction. It's also about how to enjoy life.

Our illness pulled us toward death. Our spirits were dying, and maybe even our bodies were dying. Now our spirits are coming to life. We feel more alive than ever before. Our feelings are coming alive. We feel hope and faith, love and joy, and even hurt and fear. We notice the sunshine as well as the clouds. We know life needs both sunshine and rain, both joy and pain. We are alive!

Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, help me let go of my fears and enjoy life. I haven't always known how to enjoy life, but you can teach me. All life is from You, so teach me to be free in Your light and love.

Action for the Day
Right now, I can think of at least three things in life that make me feel like sunshine. What are they?

11/14/2025

Letting others do it themselves

Our new way of life is a self-development program. We must do it for ourselves. Sometimes an eager newcomer falls away after discovering that there are no magic wands, only hard work in spiritual and emotional development.

But we can't heal the world of addiction. We can't shove our cherished new ideals down anyone's throat (but we can hold out a hand when they decide they want to get well).

Do I let others do it for themselves?

Higher Power, may I realize that it "took what it took" for me and that it will be the same for others.

Today I will decide on these three personal boundaries for helping newcomers...

11/13/2025

A Work in Progress

Hello, you. Yes, you. Reading this book. Why are you so hard on yourself these days? Have you celebrated where you are on your journey lately, even if you aren't exactly where you want to be? Have you given yourself credit just for being here, for being willing, even just for having the awareness that you have some work to do? Having awareness is a big deal; don't underestimate its power.

You are a work in progress, and you may have a ways to go to reach your goals and live your dreams, but the keyword is progress. Every day that you think about wanting to live a different version of your life is a good day. Every day that you get up and get moving is a day to celebrate your strength and fortitude.

Things haven't always been easy, have they? Maybe even yesterday was hard. Being a work in progress, the other keyword in that phrase is work. Keep working. You are so much further along than you give yourself credit for.

The masterpiece that is our life is not complete. We keep moving forward with hope.

11/12/2025

Being human is difficult. Becoming human is a lifelong process. To be truly human is a gift.

The processes of becoming more human, becoming a real person, and finding spiritual enlightenment are very similar. They require slow growth over time. We can only follow these paths in small steps, one day or one hour at a time. Many of us grew up in families with an addicted parent. We, too, went to great excesses and have been abusive to ourselves and others. Because of these problems, we developed a distorted outlook on life. Now we still demand quick and complete fixes for recovery.

Our program says, "Look to this day." It is a difficult path to learn, but we only take it in small steps. There are no instant fixes for any human being. Yet when we surrender to the reality of life, we are given the gift of true humanity. We feel like real people, we love others, and we enjoy the pleasure of true contact with them.

I am grateful to be part of the process. Please help me give up my drive to control it.

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