Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
Today, 10:13 AM
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Facing It
All of us have been runners, running away from something. For some of us we knew exactly what we were running from, for the rest of us didn't, but it really doesn't matter either way, once we've all...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
Yesterday, 05:41 AM
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October 27
The more I force things, the...
October 27
The more I force things, the tougher my life.
~Helen Neujahr
Are we driven to control? Perhaps we wonder if trying to control other people is part of the human condition. We've...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-26-2024, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 27
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October 26
Honesty
Honesty's the best...
October 26
Honesty
Honesty's the best policy.
~Miguel de Cervantes
How grateful we became when we moved out from the shadows of our past. Our program asked us to be honest. We found that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-26-2024, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 27
Appreciating the limitations
...
October 27
Appreciating the limitations
When the possibilities are unlimited, when you can do anything, too often you do nothing. You become so overwhelmed with all the choices that it seems...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-26-2024, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 26
Let life be good
Let life be...
October 26
Let life be good
Let life be good today. The quality of what you experience is greatly influenced by the way you expect your experience to be.
So expect goodness, offer kindness,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-24-2024, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 24
The spiritual life does not...
October 24
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.
~Henri J. M. Nouwen
We get into recovery to get our life back. The shame that is often part of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-24-2024, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 24
Treasures remain
Various...
October 24
Treasures remain
Various circumstances and experiences come and go. Yet the treasures you gain in living through them remain with you always.
Every day is your chance to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-23-2024, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 23
Unless I accept my virtues, I...
October 23
Unless I accept my virtues, I most certainly will be overwhelmed by my faults.
~Robert G. Coleman
For many shame-based reasons, it is always easier to acknowledge our flaws than...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-23-2024, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 23
Minor inconvenience
Your...
October 23
Minor inconvenience
Your troubles seem big and ugly whenever they arrive. But nearly every one ends up being a minor inconvenience in the context of your whole life.
Storms will...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-22-2024, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 22
Experiment
Experiment. Try...
October 22
Experiment
Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out. We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long.
As children, many of us were deprived of the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-22-2024, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 22
Act right away
As soon as...
October 22
Act right away
As soon as you make a decision, begin to put that decision into action. Lock in your commitment by immediately investing yourself in it.
At the moment you decide on...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-21-2024, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 0
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From Now On
Many of us want to come into recovery wanting to be certain that if we're going to do this recovery thing that from now on things are going to be alright for all of us going forward. Unfortunately...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-20-2024, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 28
Daily Reflections
AN...
October 28
Daily Reflections
AN UNBROKEN TRADITION
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far
greater importance than the weight we could...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-20-2024, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 30
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October 27
Daily Reflections
GLOBAL...
October 27
Daily Reflections
GLOBAL SHARING
The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety.
These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-20-2024, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 20
Our behavior won't be irrational...
October 20
Our behavior won't be irrational if we pause and think before acting.
Reacting to another person’s craziness makes us a bit crazy too. However, someone else's anger, even if directed...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-19-2024, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 20
Focus and curiosity
Use your...
October 20
Focus and curiosity
Use your curiosity to gather knowledge and experiences. Employ your focus to weave together, expand upon, and make purposeful sense of what curiosity brings to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-18-2024, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 18
Accepting Help
When I was in...
October 18
Accepting Help
When I was in the military in the early 2000s, alcoholism and drug addiction were the kiss of death. If you liked what you were doing and wanted to keep on doing it,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-18-2024, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 18
Embrace your feelings
...
October 18
Embrace your feelings
Welcome the way you feel, for there is authentic life in your feeling. Treasure the feelings as they change from one day to the next, in this situation and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-17-2024, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 17
Whatever the outcome
Work to...
October 17
Whatever the outcome
Work to create your desired outcomes. Commit to those outcomes, focus on the specific efforts they demand, and persist in those efforts.
But stop short of...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-16-2024, 08:03 AM
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New To All Of Us
When all of us come into recovery it's all new to all of us as it should be because none of us even know where to begin or what the things are that we could all do that would make our life's better...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2024, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 26
Daily Reflections
ONE...
October 26
Daily Reflections
ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may
express Himself in our group conscience.
TWELVE STEPS...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2024, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 30
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October 25
Daily Reflections
A.A.'s...
October 25
Daily Reflections
A.A.'s HEARTBEAT
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125
Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2024, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 24
Daily Reflections
"BY FAITH...
October 24
Daily Reflections
"BY FAITH AND BY WORKS"
On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has
it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2024, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 16
The Next Right Thing
...
October 16
The Next Right Thing
Sometimes I get stuck. When I'm in the middle of a mess or a crisis, I often get or feel paralyzed and can't seem to make a decision or take action. It might not...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-16-2024, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 16
You’ve got this
Don’t get...
October 16
You’ve got this
Don’t get angry. Get to work.
Don’t let frustration cause you to throw in the towel. Plow your energy into efforts that have proven to make a difference, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-15-2024, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 15
When angry, count four; when very...
October 15
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
~Mark Twain
Feelings of anger are a knotty problem for many men. Some of us as children were injured or so frightened by an angry...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-15-2024, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 15
Cherish the opportunities
...
October 15
Cherish the opportunities
When you’re interested, you’re effective. You find a way.
When you’re invested, you get results. You know the details, and you figure out how to best...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-14-2024, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 14
In my friend, I find a second...
October 14
In my friend, I find a second self.
~Isabel Norton
We are all part of each other. We are part of others. When we can't see ourselves, maybe we need to look at others in our group....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-14-2024, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 14
Give life to excellence
...
October 14
Give life to excellence
Nothing equals the satisfaction of a job well done. Create some of that satisfaction in your own life today.
When you’re engaging in effort, proactively...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2024, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 23
Daily Reflections
WHAT WE...
October 23
Daily Reflections
WHAT WE KNOW BEST
"Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly.
That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2024, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 22
Daily Reflections
TRUE...
October 22
Daily Reflections
TRUE TOLERANCE
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent
emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2024, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 21
Daily Reflections
NOTHING...
October 21
Daily Reflections
NOTHING GROWS IN THE DARK
We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10
With the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2024, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 20
Daily Reflections
SOLACE FOR...
October 20
Daily Reflections
SOLACE FOR CONFUSION
Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He
thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-13-2024, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 13
Listen to your feelings. They...
October 13
Listen to your feelings. They tell you when you need to take care of yourself, like finding a friend if you feel lonely, crying if you feel sad, singing and smiling if you feel happy,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-12-2024, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 12
AA Thought for the Day
Some...
October 12
AA Thought for the Day
Some people find it hard to believe in a Power greater than themselves. But not to believe in such a Power forces us to atheism. It has been said that atheism...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-12-2024, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 13
Power of transformation
Even...
October 13
Power of transformation
Even when the world feels like it’s falling apart, you can marvel at its beauty and wonder. Even when chaos and tumult are all around, you can carry peace in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-12-2024, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 12
Worth the trouble
It will be...
October 12
Worth the trouble
It will be okay. Take one breath, then another.
Life continues, the world keeps going. All that you love, you still love.
As each new moment arrives, more...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-11-2024, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 11
Go confidently in the direction...
October 11
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.
~Henry David Thoreau
To have a dream takes courage and a bit of hope. A dream guides us, even if we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-11-2024, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 11
Formula for improvement
You...
October 11
Formula for improvement
You only need to notice once that something is wrong. After that, invest all your thoughts and actions in doing what’s necessary to correct it or render it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-10-2024, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 10
All sorrows can be borne if you...
October 10
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.
~Isak Dinesen
Sharing our experience, strength, and hope with others in this program helps to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-10-2024, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 10
Pushing you in a positive...
October 10
Pushing you in a positive direction
Let fear inform you, motivate you. But don’t let it control you.
The object of your fear does not align with your interests. Know it well,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-09-2024, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,027
Living With This Disease
I have this disease which will kill me sooner or later — if I don't change my thinking and acting and I am powerless over me having this disease. I can admit that I have it and surrender to the fact...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2024, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 19
Daily Reflections
A. A.'S...
October 19
Daily Reflections
A. A.'S "MAIN TAPROOT"
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat
is the main taproot from which our whole...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 18
Daily Reflections
AN OPEN...
October 18
Daily Reflections
AN OPEN MIND
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith . . .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33
My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2024, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,525
October 17
Daily Reflections
A DAILY...
October 17
Daily Reflections
A DAILY TUNE-UP
Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will
into all of our activities.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2024, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 9
Guilt and Worry
With the...
October 9
Guilt and Worry
With the Past, as past, I have nothing to do; nor with the Future as future. I live now.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
We discover a truth about the past and future in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-09-2024, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 9
Do what you can do
You don’t...
October 9
Do what you can do
You don’t have all the answers. Nonetheless, there’s something good you can do.
You’re short on time and resources. Yet you have plenty of ways to make a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-08-2024, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 8
The worst loneliness is to not be...
October 8
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
~Mark Twain
It's not that we want God to change everything about us or remake us to perfection. (OK, maybe we do.) It's...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-08-2024, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,557
October 8
High hopes
Your hopes may be...
October 8
High hopes
Your hopes may be high, but hopes alone will not bring results. Hold on to those high hopes, and act on them.
Expect the best, and do the work that those expectations...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
10-07-2024, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,360
October 7
A single grateful thought toward...
October 7
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Thank you is one of the most important things we can say to anyone. Thank you packs a...
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