The Ultimate Goal of Step 4

Thought for today: We all seek prestige at times.  Everyone needs to be appreciated. For compulsive debtors, the natural instincts run wild.  “Instincts on rampage ball at investigation,” as Bill W. wrote in Step 4.  We need to investigate these instincts, and put them back in perspective.  Otherwise, we will likely debt again. DA Step […]

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May 2, Just for Today, a New Beginning in DA (Reflections on Signpost Five)

Thought for today: Before DA, many of us neglected ourselves.  Depressed and isolated, we simply gave up the basic things “normal people” did automatically. A member shares: “I struggled to show up for work on time and put in an honest day’s work.  I had so much  emotional pain before even getting up in the morning. […]

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April 6, Strategies for Letting Go of Yesterday and Tomorrow, and Living One Day At A Time

Thought for today: Starting fresh is hard if you’ve spent years being mindless with money.  Interest payments begin to feel like unbearable punishment.  Retirement seems like a cruel fantasy perpetrated by Madison Avenue and Wall Street. But the past and the future do not exist.  The past is a memory.  History.  The future could contain […]

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