Thought for today: Sometimes, in the darkest winter days (or even on a summer day) we have trouble getting motivated to do your bill paying, mail opening, and number tracking. If we experience this kind of lethargy, we can consider the simple benefit of finding pleasant surroundings to ground us in our process of transformation. This will […]
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Thought for today: Most of us would have gone to any length to get credit. When the well dried up, and our credit card applications declined, we knew disastrous times lay ahead – late fees, family rejection, the threat of electricity being shut off, lost health insurance, or worse, losing our home. We were powerless over debt, and yet […]
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Thought for today: Some of us had credit card accounts that were out of control. We would be charged late fees and had many overage charges. We were so inundated with creditor calls that we needed to ask for a one-month moratorium from debt payments. A member shares: “I couldn’t even talk about my situation with fellow members in the program without breaking […]
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A member shares: “I don’t have enough time! Every day slips by me. Meetings, work, family activities, the list goes on. When will I have time for me?” Thought for today: How often do we tell ourselves these kinds of messages? Time debting can effect our solvency and our serenity without us even knowing. Since […]
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Thought for today: The end of the year is the perfect time to focus on where we’ve been and where we want to be. The destination is the journey. It’s a more pleasant journey when we know where we want to go. A member shares: “When the year begins, it helps me to take an inventory on where I’ve been and where […]
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Thought for today: When we wake up, it takes time. Time to transition. When we are willing to try something new, we realize we may not do it perfectly. So when we talk about having a spiritual awakening and trying to practice its lessons in our daily lives, we realize its not a one […]
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Thought for today: Step Eleven encourage us to grow in understanding, knowledge and power. It asks us to think about spiritual ideals with an open mind. It asks us to listen for our answers and learn. DA Step 11: 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, […]
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Thought for today: Step Ten is a simple tool to help us understand how we are doing, and to identify opportunities to improve our lives. Our solvency and serenity improve as we make Step Ten a daily habit. DA Step 10: 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. A member shares: “I […]
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Thought for today: It’s embarrassing to have to admit when we are wrong. It blows our image of ourselves. But better to suffer a little embarrassment if it helps maintain our solvency and serenity in the long run. DA Step 9: 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would […]
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Thought for today: We come to DA to find answers to our debts. We look for a quick fix. They tell us to keep track of our expenses and earnings. Not the fix we were hoping for, but OK, we’ll go along with the idea, because we’ve exhausted the alternatives. We find that the answer […]
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