Today's recovery today is the topic: It's a Spiritual Program. The first thing we want to do when we wake up in the morning is to ask God to keep us clean and sober throughout the day. And to always ask God to help us make the right decision. And to ask God to help us to do the next right thing. Remember: God is the answer what's the question? The faster we work our 12 steps and live the 'walking around steps' which are steps 10, 11 and 12 (on a 24/7 system), the stronger our conscious contact is with God. Remember, read the Big Book, pages 83 to 88 every day. If you don't have a big book you can Google the pages, 83 to 88. You split them into two sections. The first section you read in the morning and at night you read the part that begins with: 'as we retire at night'. Reading the Big Book, pages 83 to 88 every day you will see this a spiritual program.

Hi! This is Cindy Charles Ouellette, with Crying Hearts of the Loved Ones ministry. Today's recovery tip for the day is about the word: 'No'. When your decision or verbal answer is 'No' ,that is a complete sentence. There is no need for justifying. There is no need for apologizing. There is no need for beating around the bush. There is no need for blushing or sweating it out. Your recovery, your new life, your health, your relationships, your recovery management time schedule , your money; they're yours. Own it. Say 'No' to protect it. Thank you for enjoying today's tip for the day for recovery! And just for today, don't pick up or use, no matter what!

Today's recovery tip today is the topic: Keep the focus on yourself. Your recovery is for you only. So, your responsibility is just for your own recovery. Take bits and pieces from others who have been clean and sober longer than you have, so you can build a strong basis for your own sobriety. To build your own experience about keeping sober, go to different types of meetings: Big Book Study, 12 Step Study, Open discussion, Speaker meetings, chip nights and even, Family Support groups. You have to live with yourself and so you qualify yourself to go get some family support tips. Every meeting has an annual party, round ups, get-togethers. They're great to build your sobriety strong on and the food is good, too. So build a strong recovery plan keep focus on yourself.

Today's recovery tip today is the topic: Write and Carry a Gratitude List. Using the back of the business card you can start making a gratitude list. This business card will be substituted by a piece of paper as you increase your awareness of gratefulness in recovery. What's on the list are things that you are now grateful to have since a started recovery. As you grow in recovery, the major items will go as far back as to the very crisis that lead you into recovery. Events like a wreck, a divorce, a judge, an eviction notice, a pink slip from your boss; these things can be major 'thank yous' someday soon. On challenging days pullout and read your private, hard-earned gratitude list. Add to the list as you continue to stay clean and sober. Write and carry a gratitude list!

The recovery tip today is the topic: a secondary stand-in sponsor is OK. To navigate you in early sobriety and to teach you the 'ins and outs' of good recovery habits, be sure to call before that first drink or drug. Be sure to go to the same meetings as your permanent or temporary sponsor. And put him or her on your speed dial. Once-again, don't confuse a support team, buddies from rehab, with sponsorship. You can have a main sponsor and a temporary sponsor. You can have a spiritual sponsor. You can have a Big Book sponsor. You can have an accountability sponsor. But do have your main sponsor.

Hi! This is Cindy Charles Ouellette and today's recovery tip today is all about: Read the Big Book. Every day read the Big Book, pages 83 to 88 , no matter if you are on the recovery plan of the big book; a recovery plan of the Basic Text; or a recovery plan faith-based with the Serenity Bible. Google AA Big Book, pages 83 to 88. Separate them into two reading sessions. Pages 83 to 86 is one session. And then, on page 86 before going to sleep, begin where it says: 'when we retire at night'. This is a repetitive powerful Dragon slaying formula! We don't need chemotherapy. We don't need blood transfusions. We don't need dialysis. Our disease is wonderful! We have a solution, a discipline an outline to make us whole. Read the Big Book! Thank you for enjoying today's tip for the day for recovery. And remember: "just for today, we don't pick up or use no matter what!"

Today's recovery tip today is the topic, go to meetings. When we go to meetings the important thing is to hit the same meetings over and over. That is called a Home Group. If you are doing 90 meetings in 90 days, whether because you're new in recovery or because you're going through a crisis; select which meeting to go to each day of the week and stick to it. As you attend the meetings check out the rooms for someone to at least be your temporary sponsor. If you're just too afraid to ask at first, find out which other meetings that person attends and show up to hear what he or she shares and get to know them. As you hear someone share something that was good for your recovery, always validate them after the meeting. This is an open door to be gifted with more sobriety treasure tips. Go to meetings.

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Hi! My name is Cindy Charles Ouellette and I do not want a drink or drug today, no matter what! My sobriety date, but by the Grace of God, is December 27, 2003.

I did get clean and sober in a 3rd world country and did not have a support team in the beginning. So, I learned about LIM – a recovery newsletter sent out every 2 months for people in recovery who are Loners & International. It is a snail mail meeting. I learned about the most wonderful internet recovery listening library. It is a WOW! XA-Speakers.org. I ordered the Big Book study CDs by Joe and Charlie, and I got an on line sponsor, who guided me thru my new sober life 6 years.

Have you heard of an old timer from the beginnings of 12 Step recovery named Clarence Snyder? He and his wife, Gladys, elected to be open about their recovery in order to be of service to anyone seeking recovery help. I, too, elect to break my own anonymity.

However, alcoholism and addictions are no respecter of persons. What am I saying? Some Doctors, CEOs, policemen, bartenders, professors, missionaries, judges, school board leaders, nurses, politicians, priests ( and on and on ); are also on the list of persons, having an honest desire not to pick up or use today, no matter what.

Of these people and more, they choose to maintain anonymity for professional reasons. Then, there are people living on top of a mountain, in the middle of an island, on the front lines of battle, in the air, on the ocean, (and like I was once) living in a foreign country, where 12 Step meetings are not in English.

So, if for any reason you cannot get to a 12 step meeting and need a boost of recovery power just for today, I invite you, with love, to tune in and enjoy my mini bite size addiction recovery tips.

Please invite others and go to my web site: CindyCharlesOuellette.com to share your own favorite recovery tips to be broadcasted. That would be so nice of you! If you would like your home group or recovery institute to be mentioned as sharing a tip, just state so.

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Hey!!! If no one has told you they love you today, I sure do!