Thought for today: The Twelve Steps are really a process of letting of our addiction to debt, under earn and/or overspend. That process involves three basic layers to this “surrender”: The first surrender is Step One, “We admitted we were powerless over debt—that our lives had become unmanageable.” We need to let go of the idea that […]
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Thought for today: Fear ran our lives. It consumed us. The mailbox, the telephone, email. All caused dread. When was the next creditor going to make us miserable? DA Promise 10: We will no longer fear the truth; we will move from hiding in denial to living in reality. A member shares: “Before DA, I was always […]
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Thought for today: Having taken Steps 4 through 9, we have learned a lot about ourselves. We have identified our main character defects, and sought to heal them. Periodically, we will benefit from checking our motives as we continue to work the DA program. DA Step 10 combines Steps 4 through 9 into one digestible idea that we can take with […]
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Thought for today: What makes us happy? Is it external or internal to us? Where does it come from? Can we hold on to it? Or is it elusive? What is happiness – a feeling? A decision? “Happiness is a byproduct of a life well-lived,” an old-timer shared. Members share: “When I immerse myself in gratitude, […]
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Thought for today: Before DA, many compulsive debtors suffer from low self-esteem. We may have had a painful history. We start using affirmations in DA to stop the self-limiting messages we tell ourselves. These help improve our attitudes, energize our work, and begin to attract wealth again. A member shares: “When I cam into DA, my self-talk was all negative. […]
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Thought for today: We find freedom when we “live within our means”, as the Third DA Promise recommends, “yet our means will not define us.” DA experience proves that this is not only possible, but likely! But what does “living within our means” really mean? And how can it benefit us? “Living within our means” can mean many things, but letting go of […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: The fellowship of DA avoids distractions from its primary purpose of helping the suffering debtor get and stay solvent. Our common welfare comes first because our very solvency depends on working together. For example, we avoid political arguments and religious practices because they could divide us and our common welfare comes first. Financial contributions are […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: An attitude of gratitude can inspire us when life’s challenges hit hardest. Gratitude helps when all else fails. Getting grateful takes time. First we stop debting. Then we start acting in our own best interest. We track our numbers using an income and spending template. We learn how to manage our money in a Pressure […]
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Thought for today: Taking a fearless moral inventory is essential to getting solvent. It takes courage, but by the time we’re through processing it, we get a “10,000 foot view” of how we fit in to the rest of the world. A member shares: “The members of my group told me that if I wanted to get past my […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Relationships are not like a cracked phone screen that we can bring to a kiosk in the mall to get fixed. It takes time to process the feelings we have about the people in our lives. When life brings about extreme feelings and we want to retaliate, DA Step Ten helps. We can check […]
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