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  Tim V February 9, 2026 at 5:53am

  my life is guided by the spiritual principles of the 12 steps. No matter what comes my way, there's a spiritual principle that guides me. I'm taken by the positive values each of the 12 demonstrates. Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Integrity, Willingness, Humility, Brotherly Love, Justice, Perseverance, Spiritual Awareness, and Service. With these 12 spiritual principles as my guide, I always do the next right thing.
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  Tim V February 8, 2026 at 7:31am

  my program of recovery has increasingly changed to one of optimism. Today, I'm entirely ready. I'm sick and tired of lamenting over my defects of character. I vow to step out of the fog and into the fresher air of optimism. I'll focus on "Do" rather than "Don't" and "Can" rather than "Can't". I'm learning and growing by practicing the spiritual principles of my program. Where once I believed, I now have faith. I'm grateful to live with optimism.
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  Tim V February 7, 2026 at 5:09am

  

  in recovery I'm more focused on what I can do, rather than what I can't. I find myself taking action whenever and wherever I can to make a difference. I can feel the healing effects of my commitment to daily exercise. I can find calm in the midst of troubled times. I can pause and connect with spiritual principles before moving forward. I can be grateful for willingness rightly directed and an attitude that tells me, "I can", rather than what "I can't".
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  Tim V February 6, 2026 at 9:08am

  I try to avoid self-deception. I often need outside help. I'm grateful for my sponsor in this. He knows my defects of character and can spot my lack of honesty with myself a mile away. I'm grateful when we discuss things with rigorous honesty. I hold nothing back with no fear of ridicule or condemnation. Then I must be ready to take advice and accept direction. We then set foot on a road to straight thinking, genuine humility, true integrity, and solid honesty.
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  Tim V February 5, 2026 at 7:17am

  I have a better understanding of courage. Courage is not an absence or denial of my fear. Courage is a mindful reasoning toward a worthwhile goal in spite of my fear. Courage requires the virtues of fortitude, willingness, perseverance and patience to prepare. I will not fight nor flee my fear; I will use well-developed habits to confront it. Fear and courage are intertwined in these perceptions: the danger of the situation, the worthiness of the cause, with a mindful perception of my readiness, ability and willingness.
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  Tim V February 4, 2026 at 5:58am

  

  i have faith in the spiritual principles of the steps.
  These principles have never failed me. My higher power lives within these spiritual principles. These days I have many reasons to find fear and self-pity. But with Hope, Courage, Willingness, Humility and Perseverance I will overcome. I can be grateful to God for these principles. They've worked before, they'll work again and therein lies my faith.
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  Tim V February 3, 2026 at 6:25am

  

  I'm here.
  There are days upon waking that I feel troubled or I lack inspiration. "Oh God, there's so much trouble ahead.". "How am I to get by?".
  Then Danajoy shares that "clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement". It tells me to be mindful. Just focus on each moment. Keep it simple. One small win at a time. Be grateful.
  I'm inspired for my day simply by being here.
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  Tim V February 2, 2026 at 6:33am

  I'm no longer bothered by winning. My life was driven by ego and pride. I was convinced material success founded by the will to win would carry me through. Then, there was never enough, so I drank because of it. In recovery, I've replaced this pride-blindness with Humility. With humility I find a freedom from the claims that my ego and pride-blindness lay heavily on me. Humility gives me willingness to seek at all times and places, to find and do the will of my Higher Power as I understand it.
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  Tim V February 1, 2026 at 5:56am

  

  my life and the lives of others are better when I care to be aware. How lonely it was to not give a hoot for anything or anyone else. In recovery, I find an awareness to notice when a loved one or a friend seems troubled and even joyful. Then I can act on it. I can ask, listen, connect and share with care. Yep, the opposite of my addiction is connection, and it starts by heightening my awareness. I am grateful when I care to be aware.
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  Tim V January 31, 2026 at 7:26am

  

  I can pause and experiment. I'd like to have a better understanding of a God or Higher Power as a basis for living. There are moments in my day of uncertainty, so I pause. I can conduct an experiment to ask; "If there is a Higher Power or God looking over my shoulder, how would this power have me be this moment?" In every case I tend to do the right thing. Therein lies my faith, because it always works for the better. My life is changed when I pause to consider a Higher Power as a basis for living.