Thought for today: How vague we were about our money before DA! How overwhelming, the thought of tax time! People around us always seemed to be able to handle money. What was wrong with us? What did they know that we didn’t? We tried hard to balance our checkbook, only to give up in a […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: The first tool of DA is Meetings. At meetings we pool our hopes and dreams and common suffering and together become strong again. The collective love we feel lets us face challenges we couldn’t otherwise, if left to our own devices. How lucky we are to have found DA! Where else could […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: When we explore our vision for the future, cutting out images from magazines of things we’d like to have, or writing our affirmations, we are honoring our Higher Power’s inspiration. Freeing our imaginations, we let our Higher Power work through us. We look at these images and affirmations from time to time […]
Continue reading →Hello, As the editor of Plenty of Time, Money and Love, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this website. My name is Dave, and I prefer to remain anonymous. No, I’m not asking for money. I just think it’s about time to address this audience personally, to report […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Another DA principle we practice is gratitude. Gratitude for the progress we’ve made in our personal recovery. Gratitude for the help and inspiration we’ve found in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Tools of DA. And, especially, gratitude for being able to give back as a sponsor. As a sponsor we share with someone […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Humility is an acquired taste. No one seeks it without exhausting the opposites of arrogance, haughtiness, pride, anger, fear… Practicing the 12 steps can lead to humility, to a place where we can have a spiritual awakening sufficient to replace our compulsion to live beyond our means. In the past we may […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Let’s consider the implications of what Step Twelve means by “…practice these principles in all our affairs”. What principles are we talking about? Honesty for one thing. Honesty with ourselves and others. Honesty in recognizing our need for reconciliation with God and our fellows. Honestly knowing that we need to change. We […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Whenever anyone shows up at meetings they seem to get exactly what they need. An old-timer will share their story and be reminded of what works. For perhaps the first time, a newcomer will hear a sane answer to the puzzling paradox of debt and living beyond their means. That’s how Step […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Without DA, a “spiritual awakening” might have eluded us. Being mired in debt and overcome with grave anxiety was the normal state for us. Not only have we found solvency, we have also found a faith that works, and a peace of mind in the face of debt. We deal with daily […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: In recovery we need God-consciousness to stay with us throughout the day. Our Higher Power buoys us, where we would likely sink otherwise. As we work with step 11, “sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God this we understood Him,” we learn to still ourselves down, petition […]
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