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Accept hardship as the pathway to peace - Serenity Prayer (part two)

To be at peace, we must accept that life can be hard. If we think life will always...


The easiest way to lose a big fish is to have the drag too tight.

Practicing alcoholics and addicts tend to try to control everything and everybody,...


Create your own chant

Sometimes the best way to relax is to repeat a few rhythmic phrases over and over...


There is something more important than what you think is so important

Don't allow life to make you angry or depressed. What you think is the end of the...


The tow truck driver was kind.

Oh no! The other car wiped out my entire right side of my car. My right arm might...


Want what you have, don't have a lot of wants

"Wants" create stress. They take our focus off of recovery and on selfishness. "Selfishness...


Poor me, poor me, pour me another drink

Frustration and sadness cause pity parties which lead to relapse. They sometimes...


Me, me, me, like an opera singer

The first time I walked into an AA meeting, I thought everyone was staring at me....


"It takes a busload of faith to get by" - Lou Reed

Sometimes we feel completely lost. We feel like there is no God, no friend, nothing...


If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans

Things don’t always work out as planned. In fact, things NEVER work out exactly as...