AA of Sanilac County

30/04/2025

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27/02/2025

Sometimes we are like this deer, just walking around, what to do?

06/01/2025

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08/12/2024

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16/07/2024

Sunup & rainbow!

16/05/2024

Life's lessons

I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing "Silent Night"
Age 6

I've learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either
Age 7

I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back
Age 9

I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again
Age 12

I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up
Age 14

I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me
Age 15

I've learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice
Age 24

I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures
Age 26

I've learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have followed me there
Age 29

I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it
Age 30

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it
Age 42

I've learned that you can make someone's day by simply sending them a little note
Age 44

I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others
Age 46

I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies
Age 47
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on,
Age 48

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights
Age 52
I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills
Age 53

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die
Age 55

I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life
Age 58

I've learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage
Age 61

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance
Age 62

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands You need to be able to throw something back
Age 64

I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you
Age 65

I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision
Age 66

I've learned that everyone can use a prayer
Age 72

I've learned that it pays to believe in miracles And to tell the truth, I've seen several
Age 75

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one
Age 82

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back
Age 85

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn
Age 92

I've learned that you should pass this on to someone you care about. Sometimes they just need a little something to make them smile

13/05/2024

CODEPENDENCY & RECOVERY

1. In co-dependency, my good feelings stem from you liking my ;
In Recovery my good feelings stem from me liking me.

2. In co-dependency , my good feelings stem from your approval; In Recovery, it’s self-approval that determines my good feelings.

3. In co-dependency, your struggle affects my serenity;
In Recovery, your struggle matters because I care about you, but it does not control how I feel about myself.

4. In co-dependency, my self-esteem is bolstered by solving your problems, relieving your pain; In Recovery, my self-esteem comes from solving my problems, sometimes experiencing my pain.

5. In co-dependency, my mental attention is focused on pleasing you; In Recovery, I’m free to please me even when it may not please you.

6. In co-dependency, my mental attention is focused on protecting; In Recovery, I protect me, even if sometimes you must protect yourself without my help.

7. In co-dependency, I may disguise my feelings, manipulating you to do it my way; In Recovery, I tell the truth about my feelings, regardless of the consequence.

8. In co-dependency, my hobbies and interests are put aside; your hobbies and interests dominate; In Recovery, I pursue my hobbies and interests, even if that means spending time away from you.

09/05/2024

The AA Promises
1. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed
before we are half way through.
2. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
3. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
4. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience
can benefit others.
6. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
7. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for
ourselves
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us -
sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
Alcoholics Anonymous p83-84
Reprinted from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with permission of A.A. World
Services, Inc.

02/05/2024

Let Go………Let God ! ! ! !

• To “let go” does not mean to stop caring. It does mean that I cannot do it for someone else. Only Jesus Christ “saves”.
• To “let go” is not to cut myself off. It is the realization that I cannot and should not control another.
• To “let go” is not to demand “success.” It allows learning from natural consequences.
• To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which mean the outcome is not in my hands.
• To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another. It is to make the most of myself with the help of the Lord.
• To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about.
• To “let go” is not to fix, but to care about.
• To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive.
• To “let go” is not to condemn, but to allow another to be a fully complex, gray human being.
• To “let go” is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
• To “let go” is not to be overly protective. It is to permit another to confront & face reality.
• To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept & integrate experience.
• To “let go” is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them with God’s help.
• To “let go” is not to adjust and control everything according to my desires. It is to take each day and each person as they come and cherish myself and others in the situation.
• To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate others. It is to try to become what the Lord saw in me when he created me.
• To “let go” is not to wallow in the past and get bogged down. It is to grow in THE NOW and so create THE NOT-YET. To let go is to fear less and to love myself and others more.

21/04/2024

WISDOM

A PERSON ROWING A BOAT RARELY HAS TIME TO ROCK IT

GENIUS IS THE ABILITY TO EVADE WORK BY DOING THE TASK RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

NO ONE EVER INJURED HIS EYESIGHT BY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS

BE YOURSELF …………..WHO ELSE IS BETTER QUALIFIED?

A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT YOU SEE DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

LUCK IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PREPARTION MEETS OPPORTUNITY

YOU CANNOT BUILD A REPUTATION ON WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TOMORROW

THE WILL TO WIN IS NOT WORTH A NICKLE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE WILL TO PREPARE

IT IS NOT THE TOWERING SAIL BUT THE UNSEEN WIND THAT MOVES THE SHIP

ONE PERSON SAYS “I CAN’T --- ANOTHER SAYS, “I CAN” THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT

YOUR OPINIONS MAY NEVER BE SHARED BY OTHERS

18/04/2024

18/04/2024

* May there always be work for your hands to do;
* may your purse always hold a coin or two;
* may the sun always shine on your windowpane;
* may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
* may the hand of a friend always be near you;
* may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.