2/29/16 "What It Was Like, What Happened, What It's Like Today" ~12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit

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When was the last time one of your dreams came true?
What was it, and how did it happen?
Did you make it happen, or did it happen to you or for you?

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February 29 
Positive energy attracts positive energy. 
Today my Higher Power continues to guide my growth 
so that I am more and more open. 
I am becoming free and unblocked and am attracting 
all that is good and right in my life. 
written by ~ Ruth Fishel
"Time for Joy" 
Check out Ruth's collection of
light, nourishing and nurturing Books and Tapes
& some touching and embracing Greeting Cards

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Just for Today*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I have some poetry that my mother wrote in her sobriety 
and would like to share with you to share with others.  
She died in 1999, her sobriety date was 8-7-75 
(I sobered up 8-5-81, we got to share this program. 
Her name is Fiji Bogle.  

If you would like to put it in your 12StepSoulFoodForTheSpirit 
daily e-mails, I would be honored for her.

What It Was Like

Mine all started when I was only a tot,
Why am I so different from everyone else, I thought?
No one likes to feel fear and alone all the time.
If only someone would understand me, I'd feel fine.
Then I grew older and my own family I had,
Now I was going to live happily ever after, which 
never came true, and again I was sad...
Then came the drinking, the mixed feelings the same,
I was feeling even more I was going insane.
Begging God to help me be better again and again,
Then once again the guilt, remorse and the shame.

What Happened

After begging and bargaining with a God that I knew then,
He showed me a program that even a hard head like me 
should be able to understand.
Then when I felt life was no longer for me that last day.
My precious God stepped in and sent me to A.A.
But being the hard head I am, I felt it was for others, because
I'm just not "that"sick,
They told me they loved me, but go try some more drinking, 
but we hope you make it back quick.
I'd take the body to meetings but my mind still 
pickled and filled with booze,
For some reason, God kept me coming back until one day I could choose.

What It's Like Today

Then the day came a drink I no longer took,
The craving kept coming, I thought I'd never give up.
Until one day another 4th and 5th step I took again,
So far I haven't had a craving since then.
I found God was within me, so if I loved Him, I had to "love" me.
That's the first time in my life I ever felt free.
I find using the 12 steps the program does "suggest",
That's when I'm closer to God and my life is at it's best.
But being the human I am, I have my days I take back the reins,
And there I am, back in a bucket of you know what again.
But you can start over anytime night or day,
Go to meetings, read the book and try it their way.
I really feel I am one of God's chosen few,
He sent others before me to suggest things for me to do.
I don't feel I give away as much as I've been given,
But if I don't drink and do as I'm told, I'll get at least a little more even.
My God has given me a happy way to repay my part of the bargain,
But I reap more rewards than even I could imagine.
For me I understand God does want me to be happy, that's all.
What I don't understand after all I've done, He's still there when I call.
But by doing my 4th and 5th step, I forgave me,
Just my doing that, then so did He.

So if your new and scared, try not to fear,
Just remember each of us had our first time,
We understand we have also been there.
So when a hand reaches out, take it please,
for helping you and others, also helps me.

Yesterday is Past
Tomorrow never will be
Today will always last
So all we have is Today,
Thank you God for A.A.
Fiji Bogle 8-7-75/9-6-99
Mary Y.    m...@cableone.net

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Don't Use*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

If anyone has any original recovery poetry that they
would like to share with us please copy and paste it into the body
of an email and send it to me, Thanks for your support and contributions.
What I can't do alone, We do together.
In loving service, Scott ~  YOUn...@gmail.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*No Matter What*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Make A Meeting*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Just For Today
February 29                                                            Anything!   

Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible. 
We become increasingly open-minded and open to new ideas 
in all areas of our lives."   Basic Text, p. 102 

For many of us, our first few months or years in NA are a 
wonderful time.  We're willing to try anything, and our eyes are 
constantly opened to new joys and new horizons. Finally freed 
from active addiction, our recovery young and fresh, anything 
seems possible. 

With a little time clean under our belts, however, there may be 
less urgency to our program. We might not be quite as willing as 
we once were to put to use the experience of others. We may 
have encountered a few seemingly intractable defects in our 
character, whittling away at the boundless optimism of our early 
recovery. We know too much to believe that anything is possible. 

How do we restore enthusiasm to our recovery? We pray about it; 
we share about it; and we seek out the enthusiasm we are lacking. 
There are members - some with more time clean than ourselves, 
some with less - who have the enthusiasm we seek, and who will 
be happy to share it with us if we ask them to. To gain the benefit of 
their experience, however, we must practice open-mindedness 
and become teachable again. When we become open to new 
ideas and willing to try them out we'll find that, once  more, anything 
seems possible. 

Just for today: There is always more to learn and someone to learn 
from in my recovery. Today, I will be open to new ideas and willing 
to try them out. As long as I am, I know that anything is possible. 
Pg.61

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©
1991 by World Service Office Inc.

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Daily Reflections
by A.A. Members for A.A. Members

ONE A.A. MIRACLE
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought 
of drink has never returned; and at such times a great 
revulsion has risen up in him.  Seemingly he could not drink 
even if he would.  God has restored his sanity.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 57

The word "God" was frightening to me when I first saw it 
associated with A.A.'s Twelve Steps.  Having tried all the 
means I could to stop drinking, I found that it was possible 
for me to sustain that desire over a period of time.  Yet, how 
could I believe in a "God" that would allow me to sink to the 
deep despair that engulfed me‹whether drinking or dry?

    The answer was in finally admitting that it might be 
possible for me to know the mercy of a Power greater than 
myself who could grant me sobriety contingent on my 
willingness to "come to believe."  By finally admitting that 
I was one among many, and by following the example of my 
sponsor and other A.A. members in practicing faith I did 
not have, my life has been given meaning, direction and 
purpose.

Reprinted from Daily Reflections, with permission of 
A.A. World Services, Inc. ©
Daily Reflection In Loving Memory Of Scott Reeves

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Hazelden / February 29th

A.A. Thought for the Day

Getting sober was a long and painful journey, but we can 
truthfully say it was worth it.  We know now that all we've 
been through led us to A.A. and was part of our spiritual 
journey.  We found in A.A. what we had been vainly seeking 
in the bottle.  We've learned that our journey goes on as 
we continue to deal with our shortcomings and the human 
problems everybody must face.  And when we reach a 
crossroads or a roadblock, we know that our Higher Power 
will come to our aid in making the right choices and 
surmounting all obstacles.  Do I turn to my Higher Power 
to sustain me as I continue the spiritual journey that brought 
me to A.A.?

Meditation for the Day

As I continue on my spiritual journey, I will seek and follow 
Divine Guidance and know there is always a but my own pride 
and place with God.  I need not strain or struggle to obtain 
that which God wants me to have.  My only responsibility is 
to accept God's guidance and follow the highest principles in 
all my affairs.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I'll continue to seek guidance as my spiritual 
journey continues today.  I pray to trust that I am always doing 
the right thing and am in the right place when my Higher Power 
is leading me.

"Twenty-Four Hours A Day" is a © Copyrighted book of 
Hazelden Foundation.  No portion of this publication may 
be reproduced in any manner without the written 
permission of Hazelden.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Work The Steps*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Today's Thought
February 29

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Melody Beattie ©

You Are Lovable

We go back and back and back...through the layers of fear, 
shame, rage, hurt, and negative incantations until we discover 
the exuberant, unencumbered, delightful, and lovable child 
that was, and still is, in us.
--Beyond Codependency

You are lovable. Yes, you.

Just because people haven't been there for you, just because 
certain people haven't been able to show love for you in ways 
that worked, just because relationships have failed or gone 
sour does not mean that you're unlovable.

You've had lessons to learn. Sometimes, those lessons have hurt.

Let go of the pain. Open your heart to love.
You are lovable.
You are loved.

Today, I will tell myself I'm lovable. I will do this until I believe it.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, 
Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this 
publication may be reproduced in any manner without the 
written permission of the publisher. 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*You Are A Miracle*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

How To Forgive and Let-Go

Where Were You?

Why Peacocks Honk, Alan Cohen

Uh-Oh, Robert Fulghum's


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep It Simple*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Getting Along With Difficult People
by Delia Sellers
Delia SellersWhat is the secret to dealing with difficult people? Emmet Fox said many times that we live in a mental world. We say we live in the one Mind, and if that is so, then our feelings must be known to others who are in the one Mind. It's true that when we build up a feeling of resentment or anger against another person, they really don't have to ask us, "Are you angry with me?" They usually do ask, even when they think they already know the answer. We communicate our anger by body language, facial expressions, and by the short and snappy statements we make to them instead of conversing in a normal manner.

There was a time in my life when if someone asked, "Are you angry with me?" I replied, "No-o-o-o." They knew it wasn't true, I knew it wasn't true, and the matter stayed unresolved. Because I didn't like taking issue with a difficult situation involving a difficult person, we both missed an opportunity to grow together through the experience. Our reluctance to deal with difficult people, and/or difficult situations, results in our staying stuck. What we resist we get to keep! That's how it works. Companies dissolve because management forgets to communicate with the hourly paid workers. Couples separate because they lack communication skills, or the willingness to work their way through a painful crisis. Why not take a deep breath and get the situation resolved right now?

Do you remember the story of St. Francis and the leper? St. Francis loathed the leper. He couldn't bear to see him around, even though he felt guilty about feeling that way. However, one day, a great feeling of compassion swept over him. He put his arms around the leper, blessed him, and expressed his love for him. According to the story, the leper was healed and St. Francis healed of his loathing for the leper.

Sometimes we find it as hard to bless and forgive someone as it must have been for St. Francis. But he put his arms around that body covered with sores and both were healed. The same thing happens to us when we put love to work in healing a relationship crisis. Everyone gets healed.

When we are dealing with difficult people it's hard to look at them, the loathsome ones, and say in our minds all the good things we are supposed to say. We are advised to forgive when it's so much easier to bear a grudge. If we forgave, we would have to give up the feeling of being a victim. We would have to give up our favorite stories. It would be hard to do. We've worked on them a long time, perfecting them, getting the sequence of events in the right order, omitting nothing.

Sometimes when listening to psychologists counseling people on the radio, I am amused, because the caller is determined to tell their story, all of it, each minute detail of every little moment when they felt wronged, hurt, and victimized. I can hear the psychologist sigh, trying to break into the tale of woe, but the person on the telephone just keeps going until the therapist yells, "STOP!" She wants to get to the heart of the matter. The caller has made her point, over and over, but she is engrossed in her own personal soap opera. Although the listener called to get advice, she won't stop talking and listen. One of the radio psychologists even uses sound effects to interrupt this barrage of self pity pouring out of the telephone. It's tough trying to get through to someone who is determined to be unavailable!

What can we do about a difficult people? We can't change them. Can we talk to them? "But they have been hateful to me. Why can't I change them?" "Because, my dear, the only person you can change is yourself." "Can we talk to them?" "Yes, we can." However, we must not blame them, or become angered by their resistance. Each one of us deals with our own reality. We cannot force another person to communicate with us if they are determined not to do so. We cannot reach another person if they are determined to remain unreachable. It just means they want to stay in their playpen for now. They have a right to do that if they want to.

Many of us have been in situations where we had to deal with difficult people every day. We wished we had a genie in a bottle who would help us escape, or make them disappear!

What can we do about the difficult people in our lives? We can pray and ask for guidance. We can work out a plan of action and maintain a calm attitude; or wallow in our self pity and sink deeper and deeper into it. Just as the song says, "I never promised you a rose garden," -- well, life isn't all roses, in fact, when we have problem people or situations in our lives, life can seem really awful.

When we are faced with a situation that we would like to run away from we tend to make poor decisions. When we are faced with a difficult person or problem, it is important that the decisions we make and actions we take must not be out of panic and anger, but out of quietness and an inward look for divine guidance.

We tend to become consumed by our problems. We dwell on the ugliness of the person who is giving us so much trouble, and lose sight of the fact that every problem person provides us with an opportunity to practice what we preach. There is a solution to every difficult situation. We forget that this too shall pass.

We cannot keep running from the people who are like a scratchy label on a new garment, and we can be sure that the universe will always provide us with more and more of their clones, until we learn to solve the problem of getting along with difficult people.

So, if this is a life pattern for us, we can ask ourselves why we keep attracting this type of person, or this kind of situation into our experience. At one time that kind of statement used to drive me crazy. When I heard it I would say to myself, "I don't want awful people in my life; I don't like being in difficult situations. It's absolutely untrue that I attracted them!" Later I learned that when I saw them as an opportunity for self-understanding, my attitude toward them changed. They either became my friends or went out of my life. The situations became less frequent, or much improved. The others really hadn't changed that much. I had simply changed my place in consciousness. I didn't have to take a ship to Australia, or move to Alaska. All I had to do was to change my attitude.

We can be a victim or we can take courage from the knowledge that God is right in the center of the situation, and work on the solution. When we use universal principles in solving a problem, it is solved in the most wonderful way. Divine Mind, God, has this loving way which allows us to grow through everyday situations, and to experience joy when we finally understand that it was all a cosmic puzzle for us to solve.

Do you have a problem person or persons in your life? Give thanks for them and the valuable lessons they have to teach you. Give thanks for them and the lessons learned. The Universe will say, "Well done, now, here's another one for you handle. Let's see what you learn from this one."

Dr. Delia Sellers is a public speaker, broadcaster and newspaper columnist. After several careers, Delia worked with Dr. Jack Addington and his wife, Cornelia, founders of the Abundant Living Foundation, and publishers of the monthly magazine ABUNDANT LIVING. Visit her website at http://www.abundant.atfreeweb.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Day At A Time*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Teach Me
by Virginia Santoro

" 'We teach what we need to learn.'  Kudos to whoever coined this phrase.  
Just the other day, I was sitting around with friends talking about life 
lessons.  I commented that I see most people in the position of teaching 
others about the very things they need to learn.  Ironic?

In an email exchange yesterday with a Morning Musings reader, I came to 
understand that the daily newsletter he sends out is on a topic which has 
been a source of great challenge and growth in his own life.  Now others are 
being helped through similar difficulties because of his efforts and 
experiences.  Coincidence?

In my own life, I have been confronted with certain issues.  We all have 
them ~ those often annoying, sometimes painful, rarely easy situations.  
Simultaneously, teachers have come to me in all guises ~ life situations, 
people showing up unexpectedly, adversity, angels in disguise ~ all there to 
teach me a lesson I needed to master in order to grow.  I failed miserably 
at some of these tests, and found myself being retested over and over again 
with the same issue, appearing just a little differently ~ probably to keep 
it interesting.  Finally getting it is when we become a master.  Once this 
happens, what do we do?  Simply forget about it?  Some of us do.  Others of 
us, though, take on leadership roles, mentoring, teaching, guiding, or 
counseling on the subjects we have become expert at by virtue of our own 
experiences.  We become the teachers of that which we have needed to learn.

When the wisdom of the Holy Spirit fills us with the light of understanding 
and clarity, we become beacons to others around us who are looking for some 
help as they move through their own challenges.  

Have you become an "expert" on one or more of your issues?  I'm quite sure 
you have on some level or another.  Look around you at the other people in 
your realm?  Do their struggles look familiar?  Do you have some counsel to 
offer?  Do you have something to teach?  Or do you still have something to 
learn?  Who is the teacher?  Who is the student?  Who's teaching who?"

Virginia Santoro
(Copyright 2001 - All Rights Reserved)

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*First Things First*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Life Is Not a Race

by Jon Gordon, M.A.

"Remember, it's not a race." I found myself saying this to my daughter the other day and when I said it I knew I had to share with you a story about how I went from rushing to cruising.

Before I met my wife I was always rushing; rushing to get to the store, rushing to reach my goals, rushing through life hoping to get there faster. While I have learned a lot about life from my wife, the biggest lesson I have learned from her is the practice of cruising. Like a car in cruise control, my wife goes at her own steady pace. She eats her meals slowly, savoring each bite. She does the dishes on her own time, not my time. She never rushes to get things done but always manages to get everything done ? on her time ? at her pace.

While I used to view her way as slow and unproductive, which you can imagine led to many arguments, I grew to realize that she knew a secret that I didn't. Instead of letting society and other people, including me, rush her, she dictated her own pace. If the kids would oversleep for school, she wouldn't panic and rush them 90 mph to school as I would have. Instead she would simply bring them 30 minutes late and believe it or not, life still went on. The sun still set, the school didn't fall down and the kids still learned their alphabet. I realized rushing really doesn't get things done quicker. While we may move faster or fidget more, we don't make up that much time to call rushing a productivity tool. In fact research states that rushing leads to more mistakes and stress, causing us to work more. Rushing is also a main cause of energy drain.

Just as we use more gas when we try to weave in and out of cars to get to our destination faster, we also expend more personal energy when we rush. We spend so much energy rushing around we don't have any left when we get there.

It's like rushing to a vacation and not being able to enjoy it or rushing to receive a promotion and not being able to perform because of burnout. In contrast, when you put your life on cruise control you'll find that you'll have more energy every leg of the trip. You'll have more energy to accomplish your short-term tasks and long-term goals. When you cruise instead of rush you still get things done but without the panic and stress.

Cruising works and rushing doesn't because life really isn't a race. And when you think about it, if life was a race, would you really want to win? Wouldn't that mean you would just go through life faster than everyone else, enjoying less, seeing less and doing less? Like rushing through an amusement park, you really wouldn't get to enjoy the full experience. I often tell people at my seminars that if you continue to think life is a race, consider that the stress, frustration and depression associated with rushing just might push you to the finish line faster than all of your family and friends. Would you really want to win this kind of race?
ACTION STEPS

When you find yourself rushing:

    * Say to yourself "Life isn't a race." Take several deep breaths and relax.
    * Pay attention to where you are and what you are doing now rather than thinking about what has to be done and where you have to be.
    * Say to yourself, "I have the time to get everything done that I need to get done. Everything always works out when I don't rush."

Make this a habit. If you practice these techniques often they will become part of who you are. You will become a cruiser instead of a rusher.

JON GORDON is known internationally as The Energy Addict. Jon's seminars, newsletters, articles, radio and television appearances are seen and heard by tens of thousands of people each week. Jon's energy coaching has increased the energy of people from all walks of life. Jon has infused energy into organizations such as The PGA Tour, The Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Life, State Farm Insurance, The United Way, The Children's Home Society, Cingular Wireless and The Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. Visit Jon at his website: www.JonGordon.com


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Easy Does It*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Loving others begins with respect

So many books have been written on how to love that many of 
us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We 
can simplify the process, however, by focusing on the Golden 
Rule. For starters, we can treat others as respectfully as we'd 
like to be treated. People respond well to respect, and they often 
pay us respect in return.

Next, let's put the needs of at least one other person ahead of 
our own today. It's imperative that we do it willingly, not 
resentfully. We can ask God to help us. We'll discover an 
unexpected benefit; not being self-absorbed for a change 
is really quite refreshing.

Finally, we can ask God for freedom from the thinking that keeps 
us from loving others. Each person who enters our circle of 
experience today can be loved by us if we are willing to turn to 
God for help.

Loving others is easier if I keep it simple.
I will focus on courtesy today.

from the book: A Life of My Own by Karen Casey

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Live And Let Live*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

It matters not
 who you love,
  where you love,
    why you love,
      when you love,
        or how you love,
          It matters only
             that You love.

                      -- John Lennon

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep The Focus On You*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

There's a Sufi story about an old woman who began making 
a big racket outside her home in the middle of the night, 
awakening the neighborhood. "I've lost my knitting needle 
and I'm looking for it,"the old woman explained. And so her 
neighbors dutifully joined the hunt. Hours they searched, 
up and down the street, to no avail, until one person thought 
to ask, "Old woman, where exactly did you drop your needle?" 
"Oh," she said, "I lost it inside the house." Consternation
swept through the gathering. "What? Then why are we looking 
out in the street?" they asked. She answered simply:  "Because 
there's more light here." Then she turned to her neighbors, 
saying, "Isn't this what we are doing all the time? 
We lose our happiness, our love, inside the house, 
but we go outside trying to find it."  
Ask yourself, "Where am I looking for love?"

Mary Manin Morrissey

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Let God and Let Go*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

We are what our thoughts have made us: 
so take care about what you think.  
Words are secondary.  
Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Listen for God's guidance.  
No one will meet exactly the same number 
of people this week that you will meet.  
Nobody will have access to exactly the same mix.  
The people on your path offer you a silver platter 
to be God's voice, God's hands, right here and right now.  
In each moment, Spirit gives us an opportunity 
to express God's love, and to receive it.  
You have an absolutely unique opportunity 
to make a difference in someone's life.  
Stop for a few moments, and listen.
Mary Manin Morrissey

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"The winds of grace are always blowing, 
but you have to raise the sail."
Ramakrishna

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To Believe*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"A musician must make music... an artist must paint...
a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
What a man can be, he must be."
Abraham Maslow

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Look For The Beauty*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The world's greatest need, I believe, 
is for serious spiritual practice.  
Pascal wrote: "All of humanity's problems stem from 
man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
Marianne Williamson, in Handbook for the Heart

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Today Is A Gift*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The seasons do not push one another; 
neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. 
All things happen in their own good time.
Dan Millman

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep Stepping*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand,
you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors.  
All of them are alive in this moment.  
Each is present in your body.  
You are the continuation of each of these people.
Thich Nhat Hanh in Present Moment Wonderful Moment

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Stay In The Light*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing
(1780-1842, American Unitarian Minister, Author)

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Take A Moment To GIVE (NO COST)*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

FREE Click to GIVE @ to STOP Violence Against Women
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Promise, Many Gifts*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

IN THE ROOMS (ITR), is the premier FREE online social network dedicated to the global recovery community for people seeking help, in recovery and their family, friends and allies of recovery worldwide.  Our mission is to augment or enhance traditional 12 step and other recovery programs by offering a place to not only find like minded people but also people who share the same interests, passions and hobbies. Our mantra is the acronym HITCH which is the Help, Inform, Touch, Connect and Heal. 
http://www.intherooms.com/?id=younmenhp

Adult Children of Alcoholics

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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Artists Recovering through the Twelve Steps

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Co-Dependents Anonymous Home Page

Crystal Meth Anonymous

Criminal and Gangs Anonymous

Debtors Anonymous: A Twelve Step Fellowship for…

Depressed Anonymous

Dual Recovery Anonymous - a 12 Step program

Eating Disorders Anonymous

Emotions Anonymous 

Families Anonymous 

Food Addicts

Gamblers Anonymous Official Home Page

Hepatitis C Anonymous

HIV Anonymous

Internet and Tech Addiction Anonymous

Marijuana Anonymous

Methadone Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous Official  Homepage

Nar-Anon is a family support group

Nicotine Anonymous (WWW Home Page) NA Home Page

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Recovering Couples Anonymous

Sexaholics Anonymous

Sex Addicts Anonymous

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Shoplifters Anonymous

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Created in 1997 , "12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit" is intended to give readers , inspiring and thoughtful messages. To help fulfill our primary purpose which is to carry the message to the alcoholic/addict who still suffers. A spiritual adventure, a journey inwards this has a vision of opening and touching, each and everyone, with the Loving Power and Presence of the Spirit within." We invite you to share the writings by forwarding today's message to others. Share "12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit" with friends and loved ones: Please keep passing this along to online recovery friends  "We can only keep what we have by giving it away." 

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Putting together these Daily Recovery Emails has been such a blessing for me, Thanks for your support and contributions, "What I can't do alone we can do together." If you have any original poetry or submissions that you would like to send to me you can email me at
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By the grace of God and through your efforts of passing on this email, we are reaching many recovering people in different areas of the world. If you are receiving this, from a country outside of the USA please send me an email and tell me where you are receiving this. So far we reaching over 17,000 recovering people in 66 countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada , Columbia, Costa Rica, China , Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Guatemala, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Mali West Africa, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia , Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A., Venezuela, Wales, West Indies, Zimbabwe.

Even if your country is listed please email me, and let me know where you are from

When we hug we pray,
Stay in the Light, 
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88
YOUn...@gmail.com
    

       ==  ==      "we are each of us angels 
  <^\()/\()/^>       with but one wing,  
      \/  \/  \/       and can only fly by 
       /  \/  \        embracing each other"
       `""``""`

Scott’s Daily Blog
http://intherooms.com/younmenhp

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