My Little Corner of the World

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Today's thought from Hazelden is:

Say when it's time to do that difficult thing.

Sometimes, true windows of opportunity open in our lives. We get a chance to make that amend. The perfect time to end or resolve that relationship arises. It's like a gift from God when that window opens up. All we need to do is gently step through. But sometimes, we need to help God open the window - especially when we're working up the courage to do a difficult thing.

Maybe we're waiting… Continue

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

No Reservation
We have see the truth demonstrated again and again:
"Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."
Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety,
we are in a short time as bad as ever.
If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind,
nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 33

Thought to Ponder ...
If we want to quit drinking, we ar… Continue

Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Thought for the Day
Before we decide to quit drinking, most of us have to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit. But we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. AA opens the door that leads to sobriety. By encouraging us to honestly admit that we're alcoholics and to realize that we can't take even one drink, and by showing us which way to turn for help, AA opens th… Continue

A Day at a Time
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Reflection for the Day
The Program teaches us that we are bodily and mentally different than our fellows. We are reminded that the great obsession of every abnormal drinker - and every one of us who is otherwise addictive - is to prove that somehow, some day, we will be able to control our drinking, eating or gambling. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing, we are told, and many pursue it to the gates of insanity or death.

Have I conceded to my… Continue

The Eye Opener
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The dollar is worth but about half its value of only a few years ago. Capital gains taxes have depreciated all properties by 25 percent. Moneys invested in stocks and bonds can be swept away between dawn and dark. The sound investment of today can be a white elephant on your hands tomorrow.

Your dollars invested in the rehabilitation of human souls are the only investment that can't lose. The dividents are paid whether the project fails or not. This way y… Continue