May 19, 2025
Selflessness, Self-Care, and Our Spiritual Condition
Page 144
"The principles we learn in the steps help us let go of our selfishness and lovingly serve the needs of others."
It Works, Tradition One
In hindsight, many of us find that self-centeredness shaped our...See more
May 18, 2025
Connecting to Our Conscience
Page 143
"We learn to listen to our conscience--that still, small voice within that tells us if we're heading in the right direction."
Living Clean, Chapter 3, "Spirituality Is Practical"
Some of us might argue that the solutions to...See more
May 17, 2025
Love for Unity's Sake
Page 142
"Unity depends on our willingness to keep coming from love, even when that seems like the hardest thing to do."
Guiding Principles, Tradition Two, "Spiritual Principles"
Why is coming from love so difficult sometimes?
Practicing the...See more
May 16, 2025
The Freedom to Let Go
Page 141
"We are free to participate, create, care and share, surprise ourselves, take risks, be vulnerable, and stand on our own two feet."
Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Keys to Freedom"
When we stop using, we eliminate the most obvious symptom...See more
"The funny thing about emptiness is that it’s not about an inner experience of being nothing, but it’s the bottom of separateness falling out. When you investigate one thing, you find everything else."
~Adyashanti
"...the other side of that emptiness is connection—is the...See more
May 15, 2025
We Can Rediscover Hope at Any Time
Page 140
"When we see a member experience a real breakthrough with 20, or 30, or more years clean, we can see that, truly, recovery never stops."
Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Love"
As a twelve-step program, stairs are an easy go-to...See more
May 14, 2025
Oops!
Page 140
"Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results."
Basic Text, p. 23
Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or...See more
"As the shadow arises within consciousness, resist any temptation to either hide from it or act on it.
When you get to the point where your shadow can neither scare you nor intimidate you, it will begin to liberate itself within the light of consciousness."
~Adyashanti
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