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Buddy C

Buddy C. is an Atlanta-based businessman, podcaster, and author who hosts the "Tao of Our Understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast" and contributes daily readings to the Transitions Daily AA recovery podcast; sober over 12 years, he also wrote "Powerless But Not Helpless," a recovery interpretation of the Tao Te Ching.

Apr 30, 2026

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This is Transitions Daily for April thirtieth, read by Buddy C. from Atlanta, Georgia.
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AA Thoughts for the Day, Compromise.
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One qualification for a useful life is give and take, the ability to compromise cheerfully.
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Compromise comes hard to us all-or-nothing drunks.
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Nevertheless, we must never lose sight of the fact that progress is nearly always characterized by a series of improving compromises.
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There are circumstances in which it is necessary to stick flat-footed to one's convictions.
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This is Transitions Daily for April 29th, read by Buddy C. from Atlanta, Georgia.
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AA Thoughts for the Day Powerless Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course.
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Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness.
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No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one.
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Alcohol, the rapacious creditor, bleeds us all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands.
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Upon entering AA, we soon take quite another view of this absolute humiliation.
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This is Transitions Daily for April twenty-eighth, read by Buddy C. from Atlanta, Georgia.
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AA Thoughts for the Day: Arrogance.
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"I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer, but I am fully aware and humble enough, I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance.
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The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to God, I have become egotistical enough to get into real trouble.
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Nobody can cause more needless grief than a power driver who thinks he has got it straight from God." As Bill sees it, page thirty-eight.
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Thought to consider: The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic wrapped up in just themselves.
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This is Transitions Daily for April twenty-seventh, read by Buddy C. from Atlanta, Georgia.
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AA Thoughts for the Day: Meetings.
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Sobriety and a plan for living that produces a personality change and a spiritual awakening are imperative.
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Through AA, many receive the needed change and awakening just by trying to live by AA principles and with AA people.
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We do this by going to many AA meetings with an open mind and a desire to live the good feeling life without chemicals, liquid or otherwise.
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Alcoholics Anonymous, third edition, page four fifty-nine.
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This is Transitions Daily for April twenty-sixth, read by Buddy C. from Atlanta, Georgia.
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AA Thoughts for the Day: Expectations.
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My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations.
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The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity.
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I can watch my serenity level rise when I discard my expectations.
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But then my rights try to move in, and they too can force my serenity level down.

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