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Meditation reading for Friday January 26, 2023

January 26, 2024

KEEP IT POSITIVE — If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. — Isaac B. Singer We all know men and women who...

Meditation reading for Friday January 19, 2023

January 19, 2024

FORGIVENESS, THE KEY TO FREEDOM — Resentments keep us in the past, a past that can never be relived. Resentments keep a stranglehold on our mind. They keep...

Meditation reading for Friday January 12, 2023

January 12, 2024

NEVER TOO LATE — Many of us lament the fact that we wasted youthful years when we should have been earning college degrees or perfecting a skill. Many of us...

Meditation reading for Friday January 5, 2023

January 5, 2024

SUCCESSFUL LIVING — Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being. As we think, so we are. And we can use our positive thoughts for successful...

Meditation reading for Friday December 29, 2023

December 29, 2023

LIMITING GOSSIP — "When you've told me their names, do not tell me their faults," a person said at an AA meeting. She was explaining how careful we must be...

Meditation reading for Friday December 22, 2023

December 21, 2023

HUMILITY — Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness. We thought we were self-sufficient, that we needed no help to run our life, but this got...

Meditation reading for Friday December 15, 2023

December 15, 2023

PRACTICE BEING EXCITED — The happiness, love, and serenity we long for can become a reality when we’re willing to Act as If. This may sound like magic, but...

Meditation reading for Friday December 8, 2023

December 8, 2023

KEEP THE FOCUS ON PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY — Alcoholics often try to shift responsibility to others. We once thought it was possible to blame others for our...

Meditation reading for Friday December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023

UNDERSTANDING LIFE — Why do bad things happen? No one has been able to explain why pain and misfortune must be part of the human condition. Bad things can...

Meditation reading for Friday November 24, 2023

November 24, 2023

Hesitation is the best cure for anger…the first blows of anger are heavy, but as time passes, emotions will soften. Everybody knows that expressing anger...

Meditation reading for Friday November 17, 2023

November 17, 2023

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. — English proverb Every moment that passes us by unnoticed is a lost gift: the stranger’s smile to...

Meditation reading for Friday November 10, 2023

November 10, 2023

PROVING GOD’S EXISTENCE — It surprised some of us to learn that the AA big book has as chapter about agnosticism. The agnostic is one who believes the...

Meditation reading for Friday November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

MEDITATION is the attempt to provide the soul with a proper environment in which to grow. We all need a quiet time of day. Our life may be hectic, the...

Meditation reading for Friday October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023

DIMINISHING RETURNS ARE STILL BENEFICIAL — There’s a “pink cloud” effect that some of us had when we first found sobriety. Some call it the honeymoon stage....

Meditation reading for Friday October 20, 2023

October 20, 2023

Love is something if you give it away, you end up having more. — Malvina Reynolds We’ve been told since early in recovery that our program gains strength...

Meditation reading for Friday October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023

KEEPING ANGER AT SAFE LIMITS — "The most heated bit of letter-writing can be a wonderful safety valve," AA co-founder, Bill W. said, "providing the...

Meditation reading for Friday October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023

DESERVING SUCCESS — It's said that alcoholics sometimes snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Some of us, deep down inside, don't really think we deserve...

Meditation reading for Friday September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

LIVING OR WAITING? — What is the real secret of living 24 hours at a time? Isn't it really a matter of feeling completely comfortable in the present rather...

Meditation reading for Friday September 22, 2023

September 22, 2023

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. —...

Meditation reading for Friday September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023

HUMOR — There's a lot of humor among recovery groups, which probably came out of the bizarre drinking stories told by speakers. It's also a reflection of our...