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12 Step Meeting, Higher Thoughts for Down Days

My frequent contact with friends in recovery…

March 27, 2020 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

AFFIRMATION FOR TODAY

“My frequent contact with friends in recovery enables me to speak the language of hope to myself and to others.”

“We have shared our problems and experiences, our thoughts, feelings and sorrows, our hopes and fears, our laughter and tears. Being in a group has offered us security. It has given us a sense of belonging and the feelings of a new beginning. It is comforting to know that the journey will never have to be traveled alone. Someone will always be there, if you are ever set to fall, to encourage and support you along the way.

CLARIFICATION OF OUR THINKING

My depression thickens in the darkness of solitude; it withers gradually in the light of open and frank discussion. By my ongoing and frequent participation in Depressed Anonymous (face to face or Online DA Skype Groups) and the other Twelve Step programs of recovery, I feel that I am no longer alone and vulnerable. I know now that there are other persons out there who understand what I am feeling. I won’t hear any “snap out of it” nonsense. Usually said to us by folks who have never experienced the pain of depression. I know that the progress out of the desert of depression is slow and methodical. One Step at a time. I am willing to work on myself and I will be able to win over my depression!

But as I have been wounded by a group or individual , or my own family of origin, and those who comprised it, can now find a “surrogate” family and make a decision to choose new members of my family.

MEDITATION

God, help us to learn how to gradually express ourselves with other members of our group. We know that in helping others, we always help ourselves.”

RESOURCES

Depressed Anonymous Daily Online Skype meetings.

(c)Higher Thoughts for down days. 365 daily thoughts and meditations for members of Twelve Step fellowship groups. Depressed Anonymous Publications,. Louisville, KY. Pages 51-52. March 27.

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ONLINE DA GROUP MEETINGS EVERYDAY

March 26, 2020 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

REMINDER: Everyday there is a scheduled Depressed Anonymous International Skype meeting online at 12:30PM Central Standard Time, and 1:30 Eastern Standard time. Go to your browser and type in: https://join.skype.com/ Download and sign into Skype. Search [email protected] and send a message asking to be added to the group.

You can join with a great group of folks who are working the Depressed Anonymous program of recovery. Don’t miss it!!

Thank you.

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Daily Skype Depressed Anonymous meeting every day

March 22, 2020 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

NOTICE: Whenever a blog post mentions an online meeting be sure to consult the page Online Depressed Anonymous Meetings for the most up to date and correct information. If the blog post is more than a few days old there is a chance it could be incorrect.

https://join.skype.com

Greetings! To access the daily Depressed Anonymous Meeting @ 12:30 Eastern Standard Time. To join the meeting, simply log onto Skype and sign up either @ 12:30 EST. You should see something that says “join meeting.”

If there is a problem with the signing up, you can email the address given and we will send them a link directly.

At the meeting you can turn on your mic to talk and video if you wish.

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Depression is more than being sad

March 3, 2020 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

Georgina, from the newly formed Depression Anonymous group in Sydney, Australia sent us her reflection.

Depression doesn’t really feel like sadness to me….it feels like

exhaustion,

irritability,

no motivation,

no desire to do the things I love doing.

Being depressed is more than being “sad.”

Thank you Georgina E., for this powerful quote which you are sharing with us. We are always happy to get contributions from Depressed Anonymous members. It is a gratitude of ours that the Depressed Anonymous groups are sprouting up around the world. Please go to the depressedanon.com homepage menu and see the International SKYPE groups meetings listed. Please join up. Check time zones so that you can go online live .

Please feel free to access our website at depressedanon.com and check out our BLOG and share your own thoughts with our international fellowship…We want to hear from you. We are not alone.

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AUSTRALIA: NEW DA GROUP FORMED IN SYDNEY

January 8, 2020 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

PLACE OF MEETING: St. Canice Church Hall (entrance around back). 28 Roslyn St.

Rush cutters Bay

NSW, 2031, AUSTRALIA

PHONE: 61 401 889 026 ( Call for more information as to time and day of the week)

FACEBOOK GROUP: DEPRESSION ANONYMOUS AUSTRALIA

12 Step Meeting, Acceptance, DA Literature, Depressed Anonymous, Depressed Anonymous Workbook, Fellowship, Journaling, Purpose, Spirituality, The 12 Steps

I can’t do anything to remove my compulsive behavior until I choose to live without it!

December 14, 2019 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

REFLECTION

I know that I have to continue to work on myself and the way that I speak to myself on an ongoing and daily basis. My letting go and let God take over my life doesn’t mean that I’ll just sit back and let God do all the work. No, it means that I will work on myself and leave the outcome up to my Higher Power. I know that my life can be lived differently if I make the effort to choose to become conscious of the thoughts that I let myself ruminate and think about during my day. The more I monitor my thoughts, the more I am able to filter out the negative thoughts and have them replaced with positive and constructive thoughts.

So often, when I am depressed I continue a thinking style that was learned as a small child. I am not even counscious as to how I would always select the negative attribute about myself to reflect upon, instead of thinking positive and hopeful thoughts about myself and my relationships. The more I believe that I have a choice as to how I am to feel, the more I become conscious of the thoughts that influence the way I feel.

BECOMING MINDFUL

God, let me just for today, dwell on your mercy and kindness that you desire to bestow on us. We pray that our awareness of your love for us will free us from our sadness.

Resources:

(c) Higher Thoughts for down days: 365 daily thoughts and meditations for members of 12 Step fellowship groups. Depressed Anonymous Publications. Louisville, KY December 14th.

Put a HIGHER THOUGHT in your life every day. A spiritual vitamin will increase your spiritual metabolism so that you begin to replace negative thinking with thoughts of hope and serenity.

You may order online from the Depressed Anonymous Publications Bookstore at www.depressedanon.com

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International Depressed Anonymous Online Skype Meeting Today 12/12/19

December 12, 2019 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE SKYPE MEETING STARTS AT 12:30PM (Chicago USA time)

Go to Website at www.depressedanon.com and click onto to LINK for getting online and then type in [email protected]. A member will sign you in.

Have a good meeting!

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Online SKYPE International DA meeting TODAY. 12/8/19

December 8, 2019 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

Go to our website www.depressedanon.com at HOMEPAGE MENU and click onto the meeting time and schedule. You will be glad that you did!

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I have a program that works!

December 4, 2019 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

AFFIRMATION

I am learning today how to think in more positive terms about myself.

“Once we admit that our depressed thinking is what conditions us to see our world as a hopeless place to live, the more we will try to change the way we think.”

CLARIFICATION OF THOUGHT

When I was able to admit that I have need of improvement for some area of my life, things begin to happen. I believe that now I have a program in front of me that can help me to feel better, the more I use it on a daily basis. As one member of the Twelve Step group, Depressed Anonymous points out, “I had to go and open that door for the first time because there was no other place to go. I had already used up all the hiding places in my life.” Now that we admit we need help, help is on the way.”

It is always difficult to change. Millions of others are leading lives of peace, sobriety and hope as they place their trust in their Higher Power and commit themselves to learning how to get better. They are learning that by having faith in God, themselves and the fellowship of the group, life does indeed get better. I am going to get better, the more I work and live the Twelve Steps.

MEDITATION

O God, we know that our hope in you will make it possible for us to find hope in our lives every day. That’s a Promise.

RESOURCE

(c)Higher Thoughts for down days. DAP. December 4th, Pages 198-199.

Ordering Online is possible from this website @ The Depressed Anonymous Publications Bookstore.

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New Depressed Anonymous Meeting

November 26, 2019 Hugh Smith Leave a comment

A new Depressed Anonymous Meeting has been founded in Sedona Arizona. The contact danonbonita.com (Bonita) opens the meeting at 4:30PM on Wednesdays and meets in the Unity Church Fellowship Hall.

Meeting address 65 Deer Trail Dr. Sedona.Az 86336.

We believe that what we think, what we say, and what we do impact our depression. We believe that depression can be managed by applying the principles of the 12 Steps. All are welcome!

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We believe that what we think, what we say, and what we do impact our depression. We believe that depression can be managed by applying the principles of the 12 Steps. All are welcome!