Thought for today: When we first walk into a Visions meeting we may feel like a child, and kind of silly. What is the point of taking scissors t paper and pasting images from magazines? In the program we talk a lot about Visions – our hopes, dreams and goals for the future. If we […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares: “How can I relax when I have so many problems? I have to be on high alert all the time!” How many of us are overworked, underpaid, anxious, irritable and discontented? Rhetorical question, of course. Too many! It’s a symptom of the disease of compulsive debting to never allow […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares: “Whenever I used to complain about my life situation to my sponsor, he would always say something like ‘Hey, there are no guarantees! You are lucky you have a roof over your head and food in your belly! Consider these things an opportunity for growth!’ Then he’d laugh, […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: In DA we learn the difference between two kinds of pride: the appreciation kind (loving your grandkids, pride in country, gratitude for the life we have) and the arrogance kind (haughtiness, “know-it-all-ism”). The latter kind gets us in trouble, and when we are finally rebuked by the world (as is often the […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: When we help others, it’s like insurance against a future slip. The time we spend talking to a member who calls us in a panic about preparing their spending plan, exploring options, is well spent. It heals us. If someone needs to make a difficult phone call to a creditor, we can […]
Continue reading →Thought fort today: A member shares about a transition into emotional growth: “I made emotional demands on everyone I knew without realizing it. At work, at home, and at social gatherings, my happiness depended on their actions. “I expected my kids to behave, my coworkers and employees to praise me, and everyone to be emotionally […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: When we first join DA we may hear a lot about abundance and wonder why. But for many of us, it’s a foreign concept. The universe has an abundant supply of everything we need to succeed and be happy, and as long as our focus is on spiritual things, material and emotional […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares about how DA helps them develop action plans: “Sometimes I take on too many commitments. It’s like I need to de-clutter my to do list! I am learning in DA to delegate whenever necessary, and not do for others what they could do for themselves. “I also ask myself […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Many of us lost our faith during our debting days. Where was God, if not in our overspending, or in the rush of the quick-fix payday loan? That old illusion and euphoria of a spending binge was not God, but for a moment it felt like it was. It quickly faded, and […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares about what life was like before DA: “I had a problem with the truth. I would lie on credit applications to borrow money, I would lie to family members about how serious the money situation was. Little did they all know how desperate I felt inside every waking minute. […]
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