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: Sometimes we feel tremendous pressure to debt and there seems no way out, except to use plastic. A member shares: “My babies needed diapers, there was no food in the house, and the only thing I could think of was a quick charge to fix it. “Then I remembered that I had […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Everyone worries at times, but for many of us who lived through extreme debting, under earning and overspending, worry became a way of life. That low-grade anxiety seemed as if it would never leave. In the fog of worry we bounced checks, and forgot account balances. Obsessing over our debt, we lost […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: “Why do we stay anonymous in DA? After all, doesn’t it make life easier if we shared publicly what our program offers? Why hide it? What is this – a ‘secret society’?” These questions are natural for anyone outside of the fellowship to ask, and need answering. Old timers to DA will […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: “It’s so inconvenient to volunteer to do service in my group. Why bother?” Haven’t we all said this to ourselves at one time or another? We may excuse ourselves for not showing up at a meeting when we’re tired or the weather’s bad (but still do-able). How many times did we go […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: One of the signposts of being a compulsive debtor is the longing to have someone else take care of us “in case things get really bad”. In other words, we find ways to reinforce the idea that we “can’t handle it ourselves” – “it” being the business of life. At some point […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Some members shared about their new self-awareness about money: “When I was a young child in grade school, I used to sell candy to my friends. When the parents and principal found out, I was made to feel ashamed of my profit motive, and had to give back every dime, and I was out […]
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