Thought for today: Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you went there? DA Tool Six, Action Plan, can bring us to a point where we figure out our spending, earning, saving, and debt repayments, sure. Those were huge tasks. But then we may start to say to ourselves “Where was I […]
Continue reading →A member shares what life was like before he got a PRG (Pressure Relief Group) and began looking at how he dealt with his creditors: “When I first came into DA I had a lot of rage. Not anger. Rage. I battled creditors daily. I was combative, even at meetings, at the slightest hint that […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member recalls: “My thinking was just out of line with reality when it came to money. I had so much to learn, and there were only so many meetings I could get to where I lived. Thanks to DA literature I was able to stay connected to the fellowship at any […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Abundance comes when we take stock of our lives, make tough changes, and plot a new course. But it takes time to clear the wreckage of our past spending habits. To start the process of getting better, we first need to turn the corner in our own attitudes, by letting go of the […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: If we make meetings for a while, we will eventually see people come and go. Some of them will come back years later, with more debt than ever. Others may never come back. Why is that? Reason #1: Debtors Anonymous isn’t a place to window shop for financial advice. It’s different from anything else. DA’s not going to […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: The media pressure to shop can be uncomfortable for compulsive shoppers new to DA. When we open email this time of year, we might find hundreds of unsolicited “Black Friday Sale” emails. Turning on the T.V., we may see dozens of commercials that seem to blend love and Santa Claus with 0% Down notices to […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: “Got to have it! No way to be without it! One day only! Black Friday is here! Don’t miss it!…” During the holiday season the media bombards us with ads to buy. How can we resist? There is a romance about spending – it is intoxicating! Think of the people we’d let down – the ones who count […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: If we are new to DA, we will want to get right into the program of recovery and give DA a chance to help us. There are a few things we can benefit from knowing right away, as we approach this new way of thinking about money. A member shares: “When I first came […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: In DA, Solvency means to not incur unsecured debt, one day at a time. Whether or not we still have debt we incurred before DA doesn’t stop us from being solvent today. All it takes is that we transform our relationship to money and people, and that takes some heavy doses of self-honesty. Then, we can go through the […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A newcomer to DA asks, “Why should we hide who we are to outsiders when it comes to our membership in DA? Isn’t that dishonest? What do we have to hide?” An old-timer in DA responds, “It’s not that we are hiding from anyone, although personal anonymity ensures that what we share at meetings […]
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