Thought for today: We hear stories of people getting a windfall, or winning the lottery, yet within a short time finding themselves in worse debt and isolation than ever. How could this happen? Achieving our visions – whether to be debt free, own a home, buy a car, or whatever else we personally aspire to do […]
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Thought for today: Abundance comes when we take stock of our lives, make tough changes, and plot a new course. But it takes time to clear the wreckage of our past spending habits. To start the process of getting better, we first need to turn the corner in our own attitudes, by letting go of the […]
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Thought for today: Who knows why we became so mysteriously compelled to be indebted to others? The source of our compulsion to debt may remain a mystery forever – but that’s not important. What is important what DA teaches us: that no matter what happens in our lives, there is never a need to choose unsecured debt. A member shares: “The first […]
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Thought for today: Newcomers to our program find it hard to imagine a life without feelings of deprivation, insatiable binge overspending, or exhausting overwork. But our experience proves it is not only possible, but likely that we will live a life with abundance if we follow simple Steps and Tools. Working the program brings us a life beyond our often-limited […]
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Thought for today: If we are not tracking our numbers to the penny – income, expenses, and savings – it will be hard to get what other members have received from DA. So we’ll need to first get honest with ourselves. Using Step 4, we can search for greater clarity about why we fight doing our […]
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Thought for today: When it comes to the disease of compulsive debting, there are no “unique” stories. The same “debt-a-log” gets told over and over in the rooms of DA; only the names and faces change. In this sense, the disease is boring; it always blinds us to light, leaving us to whither, get angry, lash out or nash in […]
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Thought for today: We use affirmations in DA because they help stop the self-limiting messages some of us tell ourselves, and because they replace those messages with better ideas to improve our attitudes, energize our work, and attract wealth. A member shares: “When I use affirmations, I coax prosperity out of the future. Affirmations help me visualize the future, […]
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Thought for today: If we make meetings for a while, we will eventually see people come and go. Some of them will come back years later, with more debt than ever. Others may never come back. Why is that? Reason #1: Debtors Anonymous isn’t a place to window shop for financial advice. It’s different from anything else. DA’s not going to […]
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Thought for today: In DA we all come from different backgrounds and professions, but we focus on our common problem of debting, overspending and under earning. Our disease is no respecter of persons – and neither is our recovery! DA Tradition 1. “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon D.A. unity.” A member shares: […]
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Thought for today: Some of us have gone through painful bankruptcy. Cross-examined by attorneys in judge’s chambers can be leave us feeling humiliated. People who are professional at arguing against debtors do their job, and years of dread can bubble up into a “fight-or-flight” responses and we want to run. Some of us begin to cry, get angry, or cower, […]
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