I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I’m not where I used to be. ~ Joyce Meyer I don’t believe in luck, and I’m suspicious of coincidence. I believe in showing up and doing the work, accepting inconvenience, discomfort, and pain. I believe that no matter how much it hurts now, someday you’ll look back and realize your struggle changed your life for the better. When […]
The Lord gave us two ends – one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. ~ Ann Landers
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The price of greatness is responsibility ~ Winston Churchill In November of ‘99, I relocated to Fort Myers. I knew nothing about my new city and spent the next few months exploring and figuring the place out. It should be noted that one of the first things I did was find the AA meetings…that was
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Eighty percent of success is showing up ~ Woody Allen Once I was properly introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous and discovered it wasn’t the gruesome death sentence I’d imagined, the ball was
It is better to do one thing supremely well than many things poorly. ~ Tradition 5 I was reminded of our Fifth Tradition’s central theme several years ago in a conversation with an old timer named Jack. I knew Jack casually, and we rarely spoke, other than the usual greeting. But when we did, I
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ~ Saint Augustine As a recovering alkie and addict, I believe I’m especially qualified to discuss the phenomenon of addiction…and its accompanying insanity. After all, I’m not some rube who just fell off the turnip truck. There’s no way you can talk about alcoholism without some
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If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change ~ Wayne Dyer I had an outside sales position with an outfit called, ‘Ranger American’. Ranger American (which, incidentally, no longer exists) touted itself as ‘ADT’s Largest Authorized Dealer’. Their tagline was, “We stop bad things from happening to good
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Good work has a snowball effect, it keeps leading to more good work. ~ Richa Chadha Back in the day I attended a popular (and very large) Sunday morning open speaker meeting in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Sunday morning open speaker meetings seem to be a popular AA tradition. We met in the cafeteria of the
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. ~ Josh Billings When I was a kid back in the ’60’s, Sunday nights at our house were special. It was soup and sandwich night, and we were allowed to eat in front of the television. Usually, we had supper at the
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I did my best, and God did the rest. ~ Hattie McDaniel It had been raining all week. The ground was saturated, and there was a lot of flooding going on. There was a heavy downpour all morning. Nevertheless, I resolved to attend my noontime meeting, the ‘Brown Baggers‘. As usual, I arrived early. There
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