Blog summary by Month
Blogs for December 2007:
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∞ imagine what might happen if God gave me everything i wanted. ∞ 375 words
➥ Saturday December 01, 2007 by: donnot
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α i may be subject to using excuses for not attending meetings and being of service ω 591 words
➥ Sunday December 02, 2007 by: donnot
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δ in recovery, life and everything in it appears open to me. Δ 182 words
➥ Monday December 03, 2007 by: donnot
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α as with all learning processes, it takes practice to … 457 words
➥ Tuesday December 04, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ it is not up to me to gauge the willingness of a newcomer. the message i carry is a part of me. ↔ 424 words
➥ Wednesday December 05, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ when things get difficult, i often feel that i can no longer reach out to those who helped me ∞ 331 words
➥ Thursday December 06, 2007 by: donnot
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μ the program works today as well as it ever did. by using the tools available to me μ 444 words
➥ Friday December 07, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ i sometimes encounter communication problems ∞ 428 words
➥ Sunday December 09, 2007 by: donnot
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μ winners are easily identified, winners work an active program of recovery, … 482 words
➥ Monday December 10, 2007 by: donnot
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δ it is possible to be miserable in recovery, too, though it is not necessary. δ 489 words
➥ Tuesday December 11, 2007 by: donnot
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α solace can be found in a Power greater than myself. the more i allow changes to happen … 555 words
➥ Wednesday December 12, 2007 by: donnot
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α only addicts who are still suffering, if given the opportunity, ω 493 words
➥ Thursday December 13, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ as long as i did not fit any of the stereotypes, i could not be an addict. ∞ 457 words
➥ Friday December 14, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ as i maintain my clean time and recovery, i find myself wanting to do for others ↔ 513 words
➥ Saturday December 15, 2007 by: donnot
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… i will participate in the full range of my recovery. my commitment to the fellowship … 447 words
➥ Sunday December 16, 2007 by: donnot
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μ when i decide to serve my fellowship, i make a decision to help addicts find and maintain recovery. μ 208 words
➥ Monday December 17, 2007 by: donnot
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… the primary purpose of my fellowship is to carry the message to the still-suffering addict … 519 words
➥ Tuesday December 18, 2007 by: donnot
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δ if i talk about recovery at meetings but continue to live as i did δ 459 words
➥ Wednesday December 19, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ freedom from self-obsession can be found through concentrating more on the needs of others and less on my own. ∞ 497 words
➥ Thursday December 20, 2007 by: donnot
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δ the freedom to change is acquired by working the Twelve Steps. Δ 511 words
➥ Friday December 21, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ what was the worst aspect of active addiction? for me, it was not the chance that i might die, ∞ 557 words
➥ Saturday December 22, 2007 by: donnot
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α learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. when the going gets especially hard, ω 538 words
➥ Sunday December 23, 2007 by: donnot
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… when i first came to meetings, i met recovering addicts. i knew they were addicts … 516 words
➥ Monday December 24, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ the principle of selflessness does a lot more than just make me feel better -- it helps me live better. ∞ 301 words
➥ Tuesday December 25, 2007 by: donnot
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… now that i have stumbled into the rooms of recovery, i may be tempted to rely … 429 words
➥ Wednesday December 26, 2007 by: donnot
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α i know that i owe my freedom from active addiction to the grace of a loving HIGHER POWER. ω 390 words
➥ Thursday December 27, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ as an addict, i experience depression from time to time. when i feel depressed, ∞ 485 words
➥ Friday December 28, 2007 by: donnot
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… i do not need to wait for others to spontaneously offer their insight. … 455 words
➥ Saturday December 29, 2007 by: donnot
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↔ if wishes cured addiction, i would have been well long ago! ↔ 539 words
➥ Sunday December 30, 2007 by: donnot
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∞ what a difference my service efforts make?! ∞ 516 words
➥ Monday December 31, 2007 by: donnot

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return
(to man's normal state). That early return is what I call the repeated
accumulation of the attributes (of the Tao). With that repeated accumulation
of those attributes, there comes the subjugation (of every obstacle
to such return). Of this subjugation we know not what shall be the
limit; and when one knows not what the limit shall be, he may be the
ruler of a state.