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: Sometimes as compulsive debtors, we start to believe our own fiction. This is a polite way of saying we lie to ourselves. A member shared: “I was very creative as an active debtor. I could always find ways to misrepresent myself so I could get credit or impress people with purchases. “I opened […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares about what life was like before DA: “I had a problem with the truth. I would lie on credit applications to borrow money, I would lie to family members about how serious the money situation was. Little did they all know how desperate I felt inside every waking minute. […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Let’s consider the implications of what Step Twelve means by “…practice these principles in all our affairs”. What principles are we talking about? Honesty for one thing. Honesty with ourselves and others. Honesty in recognizing our need for reconciliation with God and our fellows. Honestly knowing that we need to change. We […]
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