Weekly archive
Week of Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026
One soft note at a time — gathered for the week. Also good for the Substack archive.
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Monday, August 31
“We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from…
“We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.” Pages 84-85 — As we work and live the program and principles of recovery, we are freed from the hol…
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Tuesday, September 1
“We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it… we will…
“We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it… we will see how our experience can benefit others.” Pages 83-84 — I can’t use my mistakes of the past if I “shut the door” on my past, forgetting where I came from. We share our “experience, strength, and hope.” The…
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Wednesday, September 2
“We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.” Page…
“We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.” Page 83 — I’ve lived much of my life driven by shame, by expectations, and by the need to follow the rules set by society and the leaders in my life. It’s a recipe for regret. Guilt is a good emotion for it flags u…
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Thursday, September 3
“We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our…
“We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.” Page 84 — Here is the simple key to the essence of recovery. We become more interested in others than in ourselves through leading them to stay sober the way we are staying sober. We care about others …
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Friday, September 4
“We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle…
“We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.” Page 84 — We are a baffled lot. Stumbling about in fogs of delusion, unable to “differentiate the true from the false,” and yet, we think we have all the answers! Balderdash! Nonsense! But that was ou…
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Saturday, September 5
“We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.” Pages…
“We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.” Pages 83-84 — The Serenity Prayer contains the simple secret to peace. Peace is found in the absence of insoluble problems. We encounter two sorts of problems, those we can fix ourselves and those which we can’t. T…
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Sunday, September 6
“We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter…
“We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.” Pages 83-84 — Seems to me these two promises are related. In my experience, I feel peace and serenity in direct prop…