Bring the Enthusiasm!

“There can be no success without enthusiasm. The secret of a full life is lots of enthusiasm, the kind that keeps you fighting and winning over all obstacles…” (Alfred Krebs) That line opened this morning’s Your Daily Reprieve, and what a way to kick off the first day of November! It’s a good reminder that … Read more

You Decide!

“You are the person who has to decide. Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside, You are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind, Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.” (Edgar Guest) That little verse opened … Read more

Easy Does It!

Watercolor of seedlings in pots on a sunny windowsill growing in stages to a ripe tomato, with hands watering them under the words Easy Does It!

Patience in recovery isn’t sitting still. Learn how Easy Does It, gratitude, and small daily steps help you wait well and keep growing one day at a time.

Right or Happy?

Line-art signpost on a grassy hill with a RIGHT arrow pointing one way and a yellow HAPPY arrow pointing the other, a small Rule #62 card, and the headline RIGHT OR HAPPY? on periwinkle blue

Would you rather be right or happy? Learn to let go of needing to win, laugh at yourself, and find more peace in recovery with five simple daily steps.

It Comes Back to You!

Clay illustration of a basketball rebounding off a driveway backboard toward open hands, with the headline It Comes Back to You!

How to change your attitude in recovery: what you give comes back. Try a daily spot check, lead with kindness, and treat others as you wish to be treated.

Enough Sun for Everyone!

Paper-cut collage of a big orange sun with rays over a turquoise sea and a row of colorful beach umbrellas and towels on the sand, with the headline Enough Sun for Everyone!

An abundance mindset in recovery starts with gratitude. Trade scarcity thinking for thankfulness with five simple ways to see you have enough today.

Walk All the Way!

Golfers walking out together onto a green links course past a slate-roofed starter hut with a weathervane under a wide blue-gray sky

Staying committed to recovery means walking all the way with God and with other people. Five simple ways to keep going when you want to stop halfway.

Now Is Mine!

“Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse.” That’s from today’s page of Twenty-Four Hours a Day. Read it slowly. Now is mine. Not yesterday, with all its mess. Not next Tuesday, with all its what-ifs. This moment, right here. A lot of us spent […]

One Among Many!

“I have turned to a Power greater than myself. Thank God, I am no longer at the center of the universe.” That line jumped off today’s page of Twenty-Four Hours a Day, and it’s worth reading twice. Thank God! Not “unfortunately.” Not “I finally had to admit it.” Thank God. Being the center of the […]