7 Ways Self-Honesty in DA Promise 11 Leads to Solvency

Thought for today: In DA, Solvency means to not incur unsecured debt, one day at a time.  Whether or not we still have debt we incurred before DA doesn’t stop us from being solvent today. All it takes is that we transform our relationship to money and people, and that takes some heavy doses of self-honesty.  Then, we can go through the […]

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April 28, What Are The “Step Three Promises”, And How Can I Get There?

Thought for today: We come to DA knowing full well that our debts are out of hand.  We admit we are powerless over debt in Step One.  In Step Two, we come to believe that a “power greater than ourselves (the DA fellowship, our DA group, the “Collective Consciousness”, our Higher Power) can restore us […]

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March 13, DA Promise Twelve: A Higher-Powered Existence

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 […]

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March 12, DA Promise Eleven: “Honesty, And A Rich Life Filled With Meaning, And Purpose”

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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March 11, DA Promise Ten: “Living In Reality”

Thought for today: Do you eve stop and think about what the soundtrack of your life sounds like?  Is it classical/ instrumental, mild/ easy listening, metal/ angst, rap/ obscenity. Music, in fact all art, expresses the truth of a particular moment, and that gives it a power all its own.  Our internal “theme song”, whether […]

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March 10, DA Promise Nine: “Acceptance and Gratitude”

Thought for today: Why do we wait so very long before inviting a Higher Power to help us with our problems? We seem to exhaust all other options first. If we are honest with ourselves we may find it’s because we secretly enjoy indulging in self-pity, resentment, and longing in “quiet desperation” for a solution […]

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March 9, DA Promise Eight: “Jealousy and Envy Will Fade”

Thought for today: A member shares: “I do private coaching and most of my students are all extremely wealthy.  I would drive through gates of never-ending driveways, and approach their mansions feeling both jealousy and inadequacy at the same time.  There I was, arriving in my humble sedan to coach someone worth a lot more […]

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March 8, DA Promise Seven: “There Is Enough”

Thought for today: Although it is try that time and money are finite, we should always remember that there are almost infinite possibilities for how we spend them.  And we have the power of choice. DA promise Seven: “We will recognize that there is enough; our resources will be generous and we will share them […]

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March 7, DA Promise Six: Faith and Fellowship

Thought for today: DA earns our trust over time when we let it. Early on, a member hands us a newcomer’s packet.  Another identifies with our share and sparks a conversation after a meeting.  We get a sponsor to guide us through the steps.  We eventually ask two members to be our Pressure Relief Group. […]

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March 6, DA Promise Five: We Are Enough

Thought for today: Science tells us that the universe would not be possible if all its elements were perfect.  It is the imbalances in nature that caused the friction that sparked the Big Bang and the colliding planets and stars that led to us, among other things. In this sense, imperfection is the perfect means […]

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