Thought for today: A prosperous liger is available in DA when we work the DA Tools and DA Steps. Prosperity takes work But most of us have gone through periods of feeling too overwhelmed by life to do the work we know we need to do. How do we get back on track (or on […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: With newfound and growing clarity around our numbers, we commence enjoying life again. Miraculously, our needs are being met, and we feel content just knowing we are not debting. We appreciate the things we own. We appreciate public spaces more than ever. Old feelings of lack and deprivation give way to gratitude […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: How often we made decisions based on the needs of others, instead of ourselves! While this can be an admirable quality when done thoughtfully and with right motives, we took it to an extreme. We usually felt unworthy, like strangers in a strange land where other people were allowed to act in […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: We turn now to the DA promises. It is said that pain is inevitable; suffering, optional. We who despaired over debt and have found DA can relate. There was no escape from our despair. It came right after the creditors called us at dinner time. We feared opening the mail. Life became […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Living a life full of gratitude, working the Tools and Steps to stay solvent, we can find a way of life that was once unimaginable. We intuitively understand where we need to move in life. The way of happiness which once alluded us is spelled out clearly, and we follow it. A […]
Continue reading →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 […]
Continue reading →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, […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Gratitude sustains us. It cannot coexist with resentment. It helps us deal with petty frustrations and despair over past mistakes. It is optimistic. We don’t feel like hiding. In the worst of times, gratitude improves our lives. How do we get gratitude? A member shares: “I had many resentments when I first […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Having gone through the first five Steps, Step Six makes it simple: If we want to recover from debt addiction, and have healing from the defects discovered in Step Five, we need to become willing to switch from our way of doing things to our Higher Power’s way. With guidance from our Sponsors, and honest introspection, we […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Step 5 talks about a mysterious barrier between us and the people we meet. We debtors delude those around us almost as much as we delude ourselves. DA Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. When we finally took an inventory of ourselves, […]
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