Thought:

‘The alcoholic is absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. We must admit we can do nothing about it ourselves. Will power and self-knowledge will never help in the strange mental blank spots when we are tempted to drink.

An alcoholic mentally is in a very sick condition. The last flicker of conviction…[Read more]

Thought For The Day

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

We all have within us the potential for greatness or for failure. Both possibilities are an innate part of our character.

Whether we reach for the stars or plunge to the depths of despair depends in large measure on how we manage our…[Read more]

Thought For The Day

The best job goes to the one who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with alibis.

We often discover that people we view as “overnight successes” have in fact labored for years in obscurity before they were finally recognized and rewarded for their contributions.

Success is a cumulative effort; the jou…[Read more]

Thought:

‘None of us like to think that we are bodily and mentally different from others. Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people.

This delusion that we are like other people has to be smashed. It has been definitely proved that no real alcoholic has ever…[Read more]

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as You did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all…[Read more]

Thought:

We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help.

We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward life. What seemed at first a flimsy reed has proved to be the loving and powerful…[Read more]

Thought For The Day

Your own mental attitude is your real boss.

While your time and your labor may be subject to the demands of your employer and others, your mind is the one thing that cannot be controlled by anyone but you.

The thoughts you think, your attitude toward your job, and what you are willing to give in exchange for the compensation…[Read more]