Four Ideas to Help You Prepare For the New Year.

“As a year comes to an end, it always helps me to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m heading,” says one long time member. “I learn from my past, and re-reinvigorate my visions and resolutions for the new year.” “First, I usually try to get an understanding of where I stand in life, […]

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Scrooge’s Lesson.

The ghost led Ebenezer Scrooge through a vision of the future in which he saw his own death.  Struck by the fact that there were no mourners he asked, “does no one celebrate this man’s life?”   He was then shown his customers, celebrating that their mortgages might be forgotten, and thieves, joyfully stealing the […]

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Tradition Twelve – The Spiritual Foundation of Anonymity.

DA is better off when it’s members don’t identify themselves as members in the media. Members are better, off too, when they participate anonymously as far as the media is concerned. If one member went public with their membership and later became embroiled in a public financial conflict, it could reflect negatively on DA. But when we […]

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Dealing With the Emotional Triggers of “Black Friday”.

Thought for today: “Got to have it.  No way to be without it.  One day only!  Black Friday is here!  Don’t miss it!…” Bombarded with ads to buy, how can you resist?  Think of the romance lost and the people you let down who count on you if you don’t spend! Anyone sensitive to this […]

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