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Twenty-Four Hours A Day

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This best-selling meditation book for those in recovery offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.

Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over six and a half million copies in print, this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives.

"For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision" is part of the Sanskrit proverb quoted at the beginning of the book which has become one of the basic building blocks for a life of sobriety. In addition to a thought, meditation and prayer for each day of the year, this handy, pocket-sized volume also contains the Serenity Prayer and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is a simple, yet effective way to help us relate the Twelve Steps to everyday life and helps us find the power not to take that first drink each day.

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1992

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400 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 1992 by Hazelden Publishing
ISBN
9780894868344
ASIN
0894868349
Language
English

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April 16,2025
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Love this I am starting over!




I love this little black book. It has given me so much insight with the struggles of being an addict.




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I’m not an alcoholic. And I don’t generally believe in organized religion. (Although sometimes I wonder if the divine has revealed parts of itself in different religions.) I’m not even a full-time theist. (The term agnostic doesn’t seem to apply, because agnostics consistently confess their ignorance, whereas I sometimes think I believe in something and sometimes don’t know if I believe.)

And yet when I think I believe, I’m drawn to something like the God of AA. The God of AA isn’t telling us that we’ll go to hell if we reject a set of archaic, unverifiable dogmas. He (She?) (It?) isn’t commanding us to go to war against people who believe in different dogmas. This god is not telling women that they must make themselves subservient to men.

This god is mysterious and seems to be working all things together for good, although, unfortunately, we’re kept mostly in the dark. This god is there to help us do important things (like stay sober) if we just do our part, try to be good to others, and rely on him (her?) (it?) for strength.

And so I find these daily devotions inspiring and helpful. They’re written for people going through the program. But evidently they’re also helpful to on-again, off-again theists like myself. Like I said, I don’t struggle with drinking, but when there’s a reference to alcohol, I substitute alcohol with one of the many forces in life over which I feel powerless.
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One Day at a Time

That's what this book is used for, keeping an individual focused on the 24 hours of recovery we have today.

Written for people who are in recovery from Alcohol Addiction. It may be used by anyone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol.

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LordToine
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Great daily devotionals. Each day offers a meaningful word of wisdom to live by.
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April 16,2025
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I read this every day in my first 1-15 years. I’ve fallen off in my continuing 15-25 years for no good reason but it is still right on my bed table easy to pick up.
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Found this because Austin Kleon recommended it in his newsletter. It’s interesting to read through the religious references and how so much of AA ties back to giving yourself up to a higher power. Outside of that this is also just a nice reminder to focus on 1 day at a time. That seems to be the key in all of this
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