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  Tim V January 4, 2026 at 5:14am

  I can decide to be open and receptive to the spiritual messages that come my way. So often I'm only focused and directed on my purpose and things that I control. In recovery I find its important for me to stop, slow down, take a step back, observe the spirit within myself, to be receptive of the spirit within others about me, and receptive of the spirit within nature. It is then that I experience more of life. I can "stop and smell the roses" as they say. Then I proceed knowing I can be mindful of moments ahead to be receptive of life's spiritual messages yet again.
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  Tim V January 3, 2026 at 7:20am

  

  I've learned that I do not have the power I once thought I had. I'm powerless over alcohol. I'm powerless over what others think or do. I'm powerless over the many circumstances that life on its own terms brings my way. I do have the power within the way I react. I do have the power over my attitude. I do have the power to assume responsibility for my recovery. I do have the power to be a positive example and influence on myself and the world in which I live. The greatest power I have is to change the spirit which lives within me, and only me.
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  Tim V January 2, 2026 at 7:32am

  I understand what it means to be mindful. To be mindful I must focus only on the present moment. It helps me erase the conflict of my past and the potential conflicts of my future. So often I direct my thinking to larger ambitions and outcomes, forgetting it's the moments within the journey that are most important. When I'm mindful to make each moment it's best I find happiness. Each moment becomes a small win. The small wins pile up within the journey of my day. Positive energy is sustained. I smile along the way. I reach my destination with happiness and gratitude by being mindful.
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  Tim V January 1, 2026 at 7:06am

  I have a daily reprieve from my addictive past contingent on the maintenance of my spiritual condition. Gut check time! For me, spirituality starts with the quality of the relationship I have with myself. I can identify my spiritual condition within my thoughts and feelings that lead to my actions. I can make a move to think and act on a positive spiritual basis. I can move from fear to trust, from self-pity to gratitude, from resentment to acceptance, from selfish ego to humility and from dishonesty to honesty. Just for today, I'll embrace every opportunity for maintenance of my spiritual condition.
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  Tim V December 31, 2025 at 7:22am

  with some effort and spiritual tools, I can change my fear to trust. It's not fear of people or security, those are easy. The fear created by the diagnosis of my heath is something quite different. I can overcome this fear with trust for my doctors and their plan for treatment and recovery. I'll have no fear! I'll find the courage within me to trust.
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  DuncanFloyd December 30, 2025 at 8:24pm

  I am grateful today that I remembered this site.
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  Tim V December 30, 2025 at 8:23am

  

  I've learned of the joys of being involved in life with my willingness rightly directed. I look back at my past life in addiction and recall the fear, resentment, dishonesty and futility of selfish isolation with my willingness only directed to alcohol and escape. In recovery, my whole attitude and outlook on life has changed from fear to trust, isolation with self-pity to gratitude, resentment to acceptance, and being involved in a joyful life with honesty, humility, and a willingness rightly directed.
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  Tim V December 29, 2025 at 7:14am

  

  my program of recovery is the force that drives me with a response to my obligations. Surely as I list my goals and obligations for this day, I must use the spiritual principles of the steps to provide the energy for action. Faith, without works, is dead. It's responsibility, or better yet, my "response ability" that's important. With the spiritual principals of willingness and perseverance, I am able to rightly respond to my obligations.
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  Tim V December 28, 2025 at 6:02am

  I can choose a God of my understanding. The God of my understanding has provided the spiritual gifts found within the 12 steps. Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Integrity, Willingness, Humility, Brotherly Love, Justice, Perseverance, Spiritual Awareness and Service. I believe and have faith that thinking, acting and living each moment of the day with these spiritual principles is in the image and likeness of my creator and my higher power. It's Good Orderly Direction.
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  Tim V December 27, 2025 at 7:13am

  

  I'm no longer driven by material success. What drives me in recovery are the values of honesty, humility and service. By doing that, I laugh often and love much, I gain trust and respect from others, I leave each moment in my world in a better place than I found it, I appreciate nature, and I never fail to see the best in others while giving the best of myself. The gifts and promise of economic security are a result of this. I believe it to be the essence of success.