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January 9, 2026
When my motives are selfish, it’s tough to clearly see the next right thing to do. When my motives are selfless, it’s easy to see the next right thing to do. Selfishness gets in the way of doing the next right thing. Turning my will and my life over to the Care of God removes…
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January 8, 2026
Sometimes I don’t like how I feel. For me, it’s that old uncomfortable feeling which causes my mind to race. Sometimes the feeling passes quickly enough, but when it persists I have to stop and look at it. Either I’m doing something that I shouldn’t be doing or I’m not doing something that I should…
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January 7, 2026
Sometimes my biggest problem lies between my ears. When the war in my mind between right and wrong escalates, perhaps doing nothing at all is the best approach. I would rather be happy than right. God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
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January 6, 2026
I did not notice the change in myself until after it happened. While I was going through it, I was frustrated and impatient. I kept showing up. I kept praying. I didn’t give up. I did the work. One day I realized that the desire to drink was gone, the thoughts of suicide were gone,…
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January 5, 2026
Alcohol used to make me feel at ease, until it stopped working. When I stopped drinking, I was afraid that nothing could do for me what alcohol did. It took time, but a regular daily practice of connecting with God fills that void. The God-sized hole in my soul was the problem all along. Now…
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January 4, 2026
The choices I make each day determine my happiness. If I look for the negative in everything, it feeds upon itself and then everything seems negative. If I look for the gift or the lesson in everything, my days seem to be ok. I don’t enjoy pain, but any of my misery is because of…
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January 3, 2026
Nobody likes to be judged, myself included. No one knows exactly what it’s like to “walk in my shoes”. It’s not fair for me to judge others. I really don’t know what another person experiences nor the lens through which they view them. I know what I’m feeling although I don’t always know why. So,…
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January 2, 2026
“You are not alone.” I used to think that I was “terminally unique”, that no one else experienced that internal torture that I felt. That was until I found people who suffered from the same affliction. Our common problem brings us together. Our common solution keeps us together. I will be ok if I allow…
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January 1, 2026
Happy New Year. For many of us it’s a fresh start, to engage in new resolutions, to look ahead with Hope. Every day, someone comes into their very first AA meeting and plants their ass in a seat in the back of the room. They hope to be unseen because that’s how they feel. They…
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December 31, 2025
New Year’s Eve. Closing-out the year. In the past year, a lot of things changed around me. I made many new friends. They enrich my soul. I lost a few people. They remain in my memory. I helped a few people. I was helped by many. I tried to live one day at a time.…
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