Spiritualityandrecovery

There are two types of people in the world, Uppers, and Downers. Uppers are positive and surrounded by other similar positive people. Downers are negative and surrounded by other negative people. Which do you choose to be?

The most powerful part of our makeup is our thoughts. Here we will learn how to use them to make us better, not keep us down!

Many of us came into the AA Program thinking that no one cared about us at all. When starting to work the Program, the one that is most important to care is yourself. Getting sober or clean for someone else rarely works, so we must do it for ourselves. When you do, you will be amazed at how many others genuinely care about you.

What words do you think of after saying "I Am?" The answer may be the most important choice you will ever make because it tells you what you really think of yourself.

We can never talk about gratitude too much. Here we learn how to be grateful, even when times are difficult.

This is a very simple program for very complicated folks. Here is how to uncomplicate your lives and attain peace and serenity.

Surrender was not part of my vocabulary when I came into AA. Then, when I got to Step 3, I discovered that, when I turned my will and my life over to the care of my God, things went well. When I loved the feelings that followed this, I learned that this was just another way of saying Surrender. I was willing to continue doing this because things improved drastically when I did.

It is really simple to know the difference between God's will and my will, once you learn this easy method.

Absolutely nothing is more powerful than our thoughts. EVERYTHING begins with a thought. 

The ONLY thing that I can change is me. I must either accept or get out of the way of all else.