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Thoughtfood for Saturday, June 27, 2009 Action We shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can. The moment we... More »
Thoughtfood for Saturday, June 27, 2009 Action We shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can. The moment we... More »
Thoughtfood for Friday, May 23, 2008 Defects Sometimes I've failed to share my defects with the right people; at other times, I've confessed their defects, rather than my own; and at still other times, my... More »
Thoughtfood for Monday, March 24, 2008 Responsibility As a recovering alcoholic, I need only have two concerns. The first is to maintain my sobriety on a daily basis and to practice the program of AA... More »
Thoughtfood for Sunday, March 16, 2008 Philosophy For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen... More »
Thoughtfood for Friday, March 7, 2008 Self-restraint We enjoy certain advantages which should make our task of self-restraint relatively easy. There is no really good reason for anyone to object if a great many drunks... More »
Thoughtfood for Thursday, March 6, 2008 Honesty The problem of honesty touches nearly every aspect of our lives. There are, for example, the widespread and amazing phenomena of self-deception. There are those rather dreadful brands... More »
Thoughtfood for Sunday, February 24, 2008 Harmony The idea that we can be possessively loving of a few, can ignore the many, and continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only... More »
Thoughtfood for Saturday, February 23, 2008 Substitution You say, "Yes, I'm willing. But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?... More »
Thoughtfood for Thursday, February 21, 2008 'Something' To me, there is no "spiritual side" to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous; the entire program is spiritual. In my view, some of the evidences of a spiritual... More »
Thoughtfood for Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Prideful Balloons Yes, we were like you -- far too smart for our own good. We loved to have people call us precocious. We used our education to blow... More »