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Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves
For we shall never cease to be amused.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*LAUGHTER Is HEALING*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The weekly meeting topic is:
Each month we will share on a step and spiritual principles of 
the step. Since it is December the 12th month, PLEASE share 
on the 12th step If you haven’t done the 12th step with your 
sponsor Please share on Service, Selflessness and Commitment.....

(((Family))) a BIG hug to you ALL
I am guilty and have not posted on the weekly topic
in a LONG time, I am grateful for those who have
contributed and helped lift my spirits by carrying the message.
Sometimes I carry the message,
Sometimes the message carrys me.
I think it is VERY important for me to share on this topic
the 12th step, Service, Selflessness and Commitment
at this point in time, before the holidays.
They told me if I had the step in my life and I wasn't sharing on it,
Then I was STEALING, and if you steal you lose.
We can only keep what we have by giving it away.
From where I came from,
96 lbs., homeless, penniless, hopeless, worthless
compared to where I am today, by the Grace of God
It is a MIRACLE,
Spiritual awakenings were many along the way

When the people in the Rooms of NA remembered my name at 
my second meeting That was a spiritual awakening!

When people in the meeting asked me for my phone # and called 
me even though I didn't call you.
That was a spiritual awakening!

When you nominated me to have a commitment at a group
That was a spiritual awakening!

When someone asked me to read How it Works at their birthday 
celebration, That was a spiritual awakening!

When I had a little over 90 days clean and it was the end of the 
day and I didn't think about using that whole day
That was a spiritual awakening!

There were many spiritual awakenings along the way
The 12th step talks about Having had a spiritual awakening
as a result of the steps.
When I came in the rooms, I thought so badly about myself,
that I thought that this program would work for you but it wouldn't
work for me.
The spiritual awakening that I had as a result of the steps
was that this program worked for me.
When I say I am an addict named Scott
I am letting you know I WAS a loser, who kept on trying
and YOU people believed in me and wanted to help me in my 
recovery.

The second part of this step talks about that we "TRIED" to carry 
this message to addicts and practice these principles in all of 
our affairs. In steps 10, 11, and 12 the 3 most important words 
from those steps are...
10- CONTINUED  , 11- IMPROVE  , 12- TRIED
This shows us, that it is about PROGRESS not perfection
and that this is a process not an event.

There are many ways that I can carry "THE" message
not my message, "THE message"

What is "THE message",
"THE message" is......
That an addict
ANY addict
Can Stop using
lose the desire to use
and find a new way to live.


I can carry "THE message" by being in a meeting and listening.

I can carry "THE message" by being in a meeting
and sharing that I want to use.
How is that carrying the message?
Because I am WILLING not to use (by sharing)
more than I want to use!!!!

I can carry "THE message" by making myself AVAILABLE to
someone in need, a newcomer or an oldtimer

I can carry "THE message" by LISTENING to someone,
so many times we ask people "How are you?"
and we don't even stick around and listen for the answer
we just keep walking.

I can carry "THE message" by ALWAYS saying YES when the
fellowship asks something from me.

I can carry "THE message" by GIVING people rides to and from 
meetings

I can carry "THE message" by being AVAILABLE for the
meeting after the meeting

I can carry "THE message" by being involved in SERVICE.
As many different people are in the rooms of our 12 step fellowships
Just that many ways, are there to be involved in service,
The most important thing is that we as individuals
find an area that we are comfortable with and participate.
(Homegroup service, Coffee, secretary, chairperson, treasurer, greeter,
or being there for the newcomer and calling them each day to let someone
know that YOU care!!! Area or District service, Hospitals and
Institutions,Public Information, Events and Activities, Conventions
Committees, Literature Review and Outreach are just a few other ways
to get involved)

The other part of this step talks about that we "TRIED"
to practice these principles in all of our affairs.
Its real easy to work the program on a good day.
Its real easy to be grateful when ya got a pocketful of money.
But how are you are working it when things get tough.
Once again, this is a program of progress,
and sometimes in order to make progress, we regress.
We take one step forward and 2 steps back,
But with the love of the people, that God puts in our lives
who encourage us to take the next step, and He puts the path beneath
our feet. We make it through, and then learn to be there for the next guy.
It was told to me if you cant practice these principles in ALL of your
affairs, then you have too many affairs!!!!

I am hoping that others in this group will jump in and share their GIFTS
with the 12th step or the alternative topics.
This is the SEASON and the GIFT is in the GIVING!!!!!

If nobody told you that they love you today,
I do,
BUT also check who you are hanging out with!!!!

Keep Stepping
AND Stay in the Light,
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88

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Thanks for your participation and support !!!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Please Be There For The Newcomers*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

December  1
I am okay about me today and that is terrific.
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Outside Issue

in a fancy ballroom celebrating world AIDS day
there were only two recovered addicts with HIV
the others never made it, and jumped again to a needle
including the one who disclosed his status on the telly
money in his pocket, he threw his 3 months clean

in the fancy ballroom eight religious leaders led the prayers
together for the souls of those who died of AIDS
I tried to remember when did they ever lead prayers
together for all the addicts who overdosed and died
all asked for forgiveness of those who strayed from the path

but how wrong could kids stray from the path?
they never knew the way in the first place,
they jumped into that first drag and needle for the love of their
friends and oh, didn't we forget to tell them about life of drugs
and oh, we forgot to tell them about HIV and HCV

psst ... it's an outside issue, some addicts whisper
how can it be an outside issue, another shot back
bob and bill just never had to work with HIV nor HCV
how can a spiritual program not talk of life and death
and this outside issue is insane to begin with ....

that no addicts seeking recovery need to die
still, is life and death is an outside issue?
God forgive us for we do not see
we do not hear, we do not do
we do not care ... only wanting to want to care

when the Monk led the prayers, one
positive addict wrote to my cellphone,
what do we do now to get the others clean if
they can't talk about that ourside issue,
after all 'we' are all positive

when the priest led the prayer, another
positive addict wrote he lost his wife last night
could it be that she was also positive?
now the pretty 20 months old baby won't sleep
she kept calling her now rigid mother

recovering life ...
how and what do we recover ?
shards of the glass of life strewn
in chaos within the darkness without dawn
darkness without days that go straight into sun sets

candles burn into the night
melting with tears and finally died
however brief the candles were lit
let us celebrate life for this one night
and our spirits roam touching the love God

live and let live
love and be loved
in the drama of life and living
the Spirit touches the Love of God
that does not hate and does judge

December 1, 2002
World AIDS Day, Indonesia
written by Dania for YOUnMEnHP


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*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
December 1                                      Life's rewards

"We begin to pray only for God's will for us. That way, we get 
only what we are capable of handling."   Basic Text p. 47

 Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we 
wanted.  A fabulous new car, straight A's, a triple salary raise-
all ours without effort, just for the asking.

 Now imagine the problems that come along with unearned 
riches, new luxury cars, and unmerited scholastic recognition. 
What would we do with a huge salary raise that had been 
granted for no reason? How would we handle our new 
financial responsibilities? And how would we live up to that
raise? Could we ever make it appear that we deserve such pay 
when we know we don't?

 What about that fantastic new car? Most come with expensive
insurance premiums and hefty maintenance costs. Are we 
prepared to care for what we've asked for?

 Academic honors? Could we perform like A students after 
we'd been given high marks we hadn't earned? What would 
we do if we were exposed as frauds?

 When we talk to God, we need to remember that we live in the 
real world. We earn rewards and learn to handle them as we 
do. Confining our prayers to requests for knowledge of God's 
will, the power to carry it out, and the ability to live with the 
consequences will ensure that we get no more than we can 
handle.

Just for today: I will pray only for knowledge of God's will and the
power to carry that out in the real world.

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

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Get Involved In Service*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Going With The Flow

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious
contact with God as we understood Him. .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96

The first words I speak when arising in the morning are, "I arise,
O God, to do Thy will." This is the shortest prayer I know and it is
deeply ingrained in me. Prayer doesn't change God's attitude toward
me; it changes my attitude toward God. As distinguished from
prayer, meditation is a quiet time, without words. To be centered is
to be physically relaxed, emotionally calm, mentally focused and
spiritually aware. One way to keep the channel open and to improve
my conscious contact with God is to maintain a grateful attitude.
On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen in my
life. The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow
of good stops. God did not interrupt the flow; my own negativity did.

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
Daily Reflection In Loving Memory Of Scott Reeves

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Hazelden / December 1st

A.A. Thought for the Day

The thoughts that come before having a slip are
often largely subconscious.  It is a question whether
or not our subconscious minds ever become entirely
free from alcoholic thoughts as long as we live.  For
instance, some of us dream about being drunk when
we are asleep, even after several years of sobriety
\in A.A.  During the period of our drinking days, our
subconscious minds have been thoroughly conditioned
by our alcoholic way of thinking and it is doubtful if
they ever become entirely free of such thoughts during
our lifetime.  But when our conscious minds are fully
conditioned against drinking, we can stay sober and our
subconscious minds do not often bother us.  Am I still
conditioning my conscious mind?

Meditation for the Day

Having sympathy and compassion for all who are in
temptation, a condition that we are sometimes in, we
have a responsibility toward them.  Sympathy always
includes responsibility.  Pity is useless because it does
not have a remedy for the need.  But wherever our
sympathy goes, our responsibility goes too.  When we
are moved with compassion, we should go to the one in
need and bind up his wounds as best we can.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may have sympathy for those in temptation.
I pray that I may have compassion for others' trials.

"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
DECEMBER 01

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

Letting People Be There for Us

Sometimes, we need nurturing. Sometimes, we need people to 
support us.

Many of us have been deprived of support and nurturing for 
so long we may not realize it's something we want and need. 
Many of us have learned to block our stop ourselves from 
getting what we want and need.

We may not reach out to have our needs met. We may be in 
relationships with people who cannot or will not be available 
to meet our needs. Or we may be in relationships with people 
who would be happy to respond to a direct request from us.

We may have to give up something to do this. We may have 
to let go of our martyr or victim role. If we ask for what we 
want and need, and get those needs met, we will not be able 
to punish people, or push them away later on, for disappointing 
us.

We may have to let go of our fears enough to experience the 
intimacy that will occur when we allow someone to love and 
support us. We may even have to learn, one day at a time, 
how to be happy and content.

Learn to let others be there for us.

Today, I will be open to identifying what I need from people, 
and I will ask for what I want directly. I will let others be there 
for me.

©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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Dialing In Dates

Then What Will You Do?

Who I Am DOES Make A Difference

You Already Know, Alan Cohen

A Public Proposal , By Alan Cohen


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

The Recovery Process for inner child healing - through the fear

"It is not about getting "there" - not about destination.  It is about 
learning and growing on our journey - it is about making enough 
progress to have the capacity to enjoy "here" as much of the time 
as possible.  Balance is a shifting, changing, constantly 
fluctuating dance that we are learning to relax into - it cannot be 
forced, it cannot be restricted by some arbitrary and rigid beliefs 
about right and wrong.  It is about each of us following our own 
path, our own Truth, in learning to align with the Truth that is Love."

"Because our ego was programmed to react to life from fear, 
negativity, scarcity, and lack (again due to emotional trauma 
we experienced, and the messages and role modeling of the 
adults around us) the disease focuses on and magnifies fear - 
and then it scrambles around trying to find something to cover 
up and repress the very fear it is generating.  The disease 
blows the fear way out of proportion and then leads us to 
addictive and/or compulsive behavior as a way of stuffing 
the fear.

This is the essence of the dysfunction.  We live our life reacting 
to fear, and shame, that the disease empowers and then
"helps" us avoid by causing us to focus on something outside 
of ourselves as the cause and/or the cure for the core place 
within us where we feel empty - where we feel unlovable and 
unworthy."

"I had to learn to accept, and honor, my fears and my resistance - 
in order to stop fighting the growth process so much.  Then I 
could start to align myself with the growth process and make 
my experience of life easier and more enjoyable.  Then I could 
start to understand that faith is not the absence of fear - faith is 
having the courage to face my fears and walk through them 
so that I can reach the next level of growth."

Emotional Balance - through the fear
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Day At A Time*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Permission to Cry

Alone in the wheel of light at the dining room table,
surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat
in tears.

Finally, I’d succeeded in getting both kids to bed.
A relatively new single parent, I had to be both
Mommy and Daddy to my two little children. I got
them both washed, accompanied by shrieks of delight,
crazy running around, laughing and throwing things.
More or less calmed down, they lay in their beds as
I gave each the prescribed five minutes of back rubs.
Then I took up my guitar and began the nighttime ritual
of folk songs, ending with "All the Pretty Little Horses,"
both kids’ favorite. I sang it over and over, gradually
reducing the tempo and the volume until they seemed
fully engaged in sleep.

A recently divorced man with full custody of his
children, I was determined to give them as normal and
stable a home life as possible. I put on a happy face
for them. I kept their activities as close to how they
had always been as I could. This nightly ritual was just
as it had always been with the exception that their
mother was now missing. There, I had done it again;
another night successfully concluded.

I had risen slowly, gingerly, trying to avoid making
even the least sound which might start them up again,
asking for more songs and more stories. I tiptoed out
of their room, closed the door part way, and went
downstairs.

Sitting at the dining room table, I slumped in my
chair, aware that this was the first time since I
came home from work that I’d been able to just sit
down. I had cooked and served and encouraged two
little ones to eat. I had done the dishes while
responding to their many requests for attention. I
helped my oldest with her second grade homework and
appreciated my youngest’s drawings and oohed over his
elaborate construction of Lego blocks. The bath,
the stories, the backrubs, the singing and now, at
long last, a brief moment for myself. The silence
was a relief, for the moment.

Then it all crowded in on me: the fatigue, the weight
of the responsibility, the worry about bills I wasn’t
sure I could pay that month. The endless details of
running a house. Only a short time before, I’d been
married and had a partner to share these chores,
these bills, these worries.

And loneliness. I felt as though I were at the bottom
of a great sea of loneliness. It all came together and
I was at once lost, overwhelmed. Unexpected,
convulsive sobs overtook me. I sat there,
silently sobbing.

Just then, a pair of little arms went around my
middle and a little face peered up at me. I looked
down into my five-year-old son’s sympathetic face.

I was embarrassed to be seen crying by my son.
"I’m sorry, Ethan, I didn’t know you were still
awake. " I don’t know why it is, but so many people
apologize when they cry and I was no exception.
"I didn’t mean to cry. I’m sorry. I’m just a
little sad tonight."

"It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry, you’re
just a person."

I can’t express how happy he made me, this little
boy, who in the wisdom of innocence, gave me permission
to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to
always be strong, that it was occasionally possible to
allow myself to feel weak and let out my feelings.

He crept into my lap and we hugged and talked for a
while, and I took him back up to his bed and tucked
him in. Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep
that night, too. Thank you, my son.

By Hanoch McCarty from A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Copyright 1997 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch
McCarty & Meladee McCarty

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

Living the N.A. Way

Come in, Sit down
Unburden your heart
You'll laugh, you'll cry
You'll make a clean start.

Just listen and learn
From those with advice,
Maybe something you hear
Might just save your life.

For what they have learned
They are willing to share
Their openness & Honesty
Are the badges they wear.

With hope for the future,
And Just for Today,
I've found a new life
Living the NA Way.

written by ~ Jean O.   10/18/02

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

For it is not physical solitude that
actually separates one from others,
not physical isolation, but spiritual isolation.
It is not the desert island nor the stony wilderness
that cuts you from the people you love.
It is the wilderness in the mind,
the desert wastes in the heart through which
one wanders lost and a stranger.

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is
estranged from others too.  If one is out of touch
with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

Only when one is connected to one's own core
is one connected to others, I am beginning to discover.
And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best
be refound through solitude.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Gifts From the Sea
1955

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

Lost Time

Smoke a joint, drink a beer
Try this next, we call it crack
Oh my God, that stuff was great
I tried it once and never looked back

I thought I could handle it
All my life I was tough
But my life got out of hand
More and more was never enough

My addiction enslaved me
Wrapped me up in its chain
I had nowhere to turn
All I had was the pain

I couldn't get out
I didn't have a choice
I had nothing left
Only the sound of the devil's voice

How did it happen
I was always so strong
The only words I knew
Were words to the devils song

He knew he owned me
He had me in his hold
I never had to struggle
For to him my soul was sold

I was lifted into heaven
And spent my life in hell
He had it all worked out
He played me so well

I could never break free
I knew I should have ran
But I gave myself to him
And he became my man

I made it out alive
Did what I had to do
I had to get out
Gave the devil his due

I put the pipe down
Forged a new path alone
Now live a clean life
Beyond the forbidden zone

I found my way out
I found my way free
Not using today
A new life to see

I don't have to go back
Now I live another way
I'm living drug free
Just for today

I do not talk of fiction
What I speak of is true
For if it happened to me
It can happen to you

KAREN H

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

God Set Me Free

God let His light shine on me
He loved me enough to set me free
I've tried for so many  years
To over come my fears
Fear of people, places and things
In freedom my soul now sings
I was a drunk that stumbled about
I wanted freedom but could not get out
Jails, institutions and death waited for me
I was blind I could not see
First I learned to listen
Then listened to learn
I gave my God my soul
With AA and Him I'm finally whole
I was not blessed at the start
For I still had a lustful heart
It took years for this old man
To finally give up and understand
I was very sick and thick
I felt I needed to stay hip slick
I always felt I was so cool
My God knows I was a fool
Then one day God let His light shine on me
After years I could finally see
All I really wanted to be
Was me

Daniel M Corkery
10/30/2000
DMCDREAMER's Page of Poetry

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

He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses much more;
He who loses faith, loses all.
Eleanor Roosevelt

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*When We Hug We Pray*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Always teach by example.
John-Roger
(From: Walking with the Lord)

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

Meister Eckhardt said, "If there was only one prayer you could give,
one prayer, it should be 'Thank you, God.'"
Gratitude is more than good manners;
it is the means by which we exercise our heart,
giving thanks for what we formerly took for granted.
We can say, "Thank you, God, for helping a kid learn to read,"
or "Thank you for being there.
Even when everything seems to go wrong in my life,
I can still feel your Presence."
Mary Manin Morrissey

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

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
Orlando A. Battista

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

The task ahead of us is never as great
as the Power within us.

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

No one can choose your mountain or tell you when to climb.
It's yours alone to challenge, at your own pace and time.

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

Life's precious moments don't have value,
unless they are shared.

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

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.

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

The goal of recovery is balance,
but sometimes we get there by going to extremes.



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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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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
Stay in the Light, 

In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88

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

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