Gay Star News: March 28, 2014 - Christopher Meloni not surprised by his gay fan base: 'With the ass that I’m sporting? No'
Friday, March 28, 2014
Anglican leader says church will no longer resist gay marriage
Gay Star News: March 28, 2014 - Church will no longer resist gay marriage, says Anglican head
Mozilla employees ask new CEO to step down over Prop 8 support
The New Civil Rights Movement: March 28, 2014 - Mozilla Employees Ask New CEO To ‘Step Down’ Over Prop 8 Support
Same-sex couples finding uneven access to health insurance
Associated Press: March 28, 2014 - Same-sex couples finding uneven access to health insurance – LGBTQ Nation
March 28, 2014 - Today's Gift from Hazelden
Friday, March 28, 2014
Today's thought from Hazelden is:Changing destructive habits is what changes lives
People grow accustomed to habits even when they are self-destructive. We who have sought the help of Twelve Step programs were often caught in patterns of behavior that injured us or other people. We want help to change these habits or we wouldn't be here now.
We learn at our first meeting that Twelve Step programs are both for the present day and for a lifetime. We are comforted and surprised by that. The comfort is in knowing help will always be available to us. The surprise is in having erroneously thought that we'd get "fixed" and not need the meetings forever.
It doesn't take us long to realize the benefits of utilizing Twelve Step recovery in our daily lives. For years we repeated the same behaviors, expecting different outcomes, but that didn't happen. Now we have a plan for living that includes Steps, slogans, friends, and support meetings - a host of new options for handling every detail of our journey. And we can see, even in a short time, that our lives are changing at last.
I can change my life if I have the willingness to use what the program is teaching me.
From the book:
A Life of My Own by Karen Casey. © 1993 by Hazelden Foundation
March 28, 2014 - Step by Step
Friday, March 28, 2014
Today, I will not romanticize or create a myth that any of my drinking days were "fun" or good if a newcomer to the Program or even a veteran talk about "the good old days." By embellishing drinking before "things went bad" and even constructing a vision that any of it was good, I am probably pining for days when I might have drank "safely" without being honest that those days never existed at all. And by longing for non-existent "good old days," I am vulnerable to a slip or relapse and denying the truth that I am now, and forever will be, "powerless over alcohol." More pointedly, if I try to re-do my last drunk into something that is not true, I have basically forgotten my last drunk. And as one of the Program's old sayings goes, if I can't remember my last drunk, I haven't had it yet. Today, I will remember with honesty how it was and that it has been, so far by the grace of God, my last drunk. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2014
March 28, 2014 - Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Friday, March 28, 2014
AA Thought for the Day
When you come into an AA meeting, you're not just coming into a meeting, you're coming into a new life. I'm always impressed by the change I see in people after they've been in AA for a while. I sometimes take an inventory of myself to see whether I have changed and, if so, in what way. Before I met AA, I was very selfish. I wanted my own way in everything. I don't believe I ever grew up. When things went wrong, I sulked like a spoiled child and often went out and got drunk.
Am I still all get and no give?
Meditation for the Day
There are two things that we must have if we are going to change our way of life. One is faith, the confidence in things unseen, the fundamental goodness and purpose in the universe. The other is obedience: that is, living according to our faith, living each day as we believe that God wants us to live, with gratitude, humility, honesty, purity, unselfishness and love. Faith and obedience, these two, will give us all the strength we need to overcome sin and temptation and to live a new and more abundant life.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have more faith and obedience. I pray that I may live a more abundant life as a result of these things.
Hazelden Foundation
March 28, 2014 - A Day at a Time
Friday, March 28, 2014
Reflection for the Day
We must think deeply of all those sick persons still to come to The Program. As they try to make their return to faith and to life, we want them to find everything in The Program that we have found, yet more, if that be possible. No care, no vigilance, no effort to preserve The Program's constant effectiveness and spiritual strength will ever be too great to hold us in full readiness for the day of their homecoming.
How well do I respect the Traditions of The Program?
Today I Pray
God help me to carry out my part in making the group a lifeline for those who are still suffering from addictions, in maintaining the Steps and the Traditions which have made it work for me for those who are still to come. May The Program be a "homecoming" for those of us who share the disease of addiction. May we find common solutions to the common problems which that disease breeds.
Today I Will Remember
To do my part.
Hazelden Foundation
March 28, 2014 - The Eye Opener
The Eye OpenerFriday, March 28, 2014
Why is the world? Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why must we live and suffer and die? Without God, there would be no answer. We do not know the great extent of God's purpose, but we do know that we as individuals, each and every one, must somehow fit into that purpose.
We can only know God as He has revealed Himself to us. We know His principle attribute is goodness. Therefore, His purpose must be good, and we can best serve that purpose by aspiring to the highest standard of goodness that we can conceive.
Hazelden Foundation
Thursday, March 27, 2014
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