A member shares about recovery from chronic under earning: “In my early recovery I read all I could about attitude adjustment. One author, famous as a motivational speaker for business people, had an audio book about work. “‘He would say’When you go to work, and want to progress in your career, think of yourself as […]
Continue reading →What reasonable person would spend hundreds of dollars on bounced checks, throw away hundreds or thousands away on unsecured interest payments? This debt thing had us licked alright. No one forced us to go into debt. We did it to ourselves, often mindlessly preoccupied with other things. That insane twist of mind that got us […]
Continue reading →Who knows why we became so mysteriously compelled to be indebted to others! The source of the compulsion to debt may remain a mystery forever, but that’s not important. What is important what DA teaches us: that no matter what happens in our lives, there is never a need to choose unsecured debt. A member […]
Continue reading →Clear communication is so important in effective relationship building. Sometimes people need to know where we stand. At other times, we need to let go of difficult personalities. Sometimes we need to detach emotionally with difficult situations. Detaching from outcomes and lowering our expectations of others helps reduce our dependency on them. On the other hand, […]
Continue reading →The third DA promise states that “we will live within our means, yet our means will not define us.” Newcomers find it hard to imagine a life without feelings of deprivation, insatiable binge overspending, or exhausting overwork. But DA experience proves it is not only possible, but likely! Working the program brings about a quality […]
Continue reading →“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace, that where there is hatred I may sow love, that where there is wrong, the spirit of forgiveness, That way there is discord, harmony, that where there is error, truth, that where there is doubt, faith, that where there is despair, hope, that where there are shadows, light, that […]
Continue reading →Let these words inspire you today. Meditation for Today (courtesy of Max Ehrmann, from his classic free verse, “Desiderata“*): “Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; […]
Continue reading →A quote to reflect on: The Thirteen Virtues of Benjamin Franklin* 1. Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution. Resolve […]
Continue reading →If we are not tracking our expenses, income and savings to the penny, and yet want what other members have received from working the D.A. program, we’ll need to first get honest with ourselves. “I feel so inadequate tracking my numbers. I was never any good at math!” “I really have to get better at […]
Continue reading →A friend calls out to us in anguish for help. Circumstances have brought him here in desperation. We listen attentively to the litany, fragments of a puzzle. Each block of the Mosaic. Page after page, he pours out grief over injustices, some imagined, some real. Finally, the exact nature of wrongs is acknowledged, and a […]
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