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msg[1] = "<U>If</U>, January 5: \'\'The sober alcoholic-addict who says, \'\'If _____, I’ll drink or use again\'\' is just looking for an advance reason to do so.\'\'";
msg[2] = "<u>Entitlement</u>, February 2: \'\'We alcoholics-addicts have earned our seats at our empowerment meetings. We each deserve support for our sobriety, regardless of our private beliefs or our substance(s) of addiction.\'\'";
msg[3] = "<u>Complacency</u>, March 7: \'\'Given we plan to prioritize our sobriety each day, we can be sure of staying sober lifelong. But complacency could prove deadly.\'\'";
msg[4] = "<u>Ability</u>, April 12: \'\' . . . rather than feel sorry for ourselves ’cuz we \'\'can’t\'\' drink or use, we alcoholics-addicts can be glad we’ve the choice not to.\'\'";
msg[5] = "<u>Attitude</u>, May 5: \'\'We can spend much of our sober time missing our old drinking-using pals. Or we can try to make new friends in our alcoholic-addict empowerment meetings.\'\'";
msg[6] = "<u>Simplicity</u>, June 3: \'\'If we remind ourselves each day we’re alcoholics-addicts who don’t drink or use no matter what, we’ll be less apt to drink or use. And if we don’t drink or use, we won’t get drunk or high.\'\'";
msg[7] = "<u>Beliefs</u>, July 1: \'\'Only if we think we have within us the power to stay sober will we take the steps needed to do so. That is, we must <i>believe</i> it before we see it.\'\'";
msg[8] = "<u>Hope</u>, August 11: \'\'Why should we stay sober lifelong if we don’t prioritize our sobriety each day? While it’s not impossible, our collective experience shows the odds are against it.\'\'";
msg[9] = "<U>All or Nothing</u>, September 2: \'\'There are few absolutes in life . . . save our sobriety. When it comes to staying sober, it’s got to be all, or we’ll have nothing at all.\'\'";
msg[10] = "<u>Speaking</u>, October 6: \'\' . . . we stay sober not by what comes <i>out</I> of our mouths but by what we don’t put into them.\'\'"; 
msg[11] = "<u>Standards</u>, November 6: \'\'Sometimes we should lower our standards, especially in the minor parts of our lives. For instance, if we’re having trouble staying sober or not feeling well, must the bed really be made each day?\'\'";
msg[12] = "<u>Helping Each Other</u>, December 12: \'\' . . . we help each other mostly through example, that is, by staying sober ourselves.\'\'";
msg[13] = "<u>Favoritism</u>, January 10: \'\'Neither society nor life in general gives any gold stars to us alcoholics-addicts for staying sober. But we can give <i>ourselves</i> lots of pats on the back.\'\'";
msg[14] = "<u>Apologies</u>, February 19: \'\'While we might want to apologize for things we said or did while under the influence, we should never apologize to anyone for being alcoholics-addicts.\'\'";
msg[15] = "<u>Birthdays</u>, March 26: \'\'We all deserve credit for however long we’ve been sober. Six months, one year and <i>x</i> years of sobriety are just arbitrary dates for acknowledging what we’ve done one day at a time.\'\'";
msg[16] = "<u>Slippery Situations</u>, April 20: \'\' . . . we needn’t go out of our way to put our willpower to the test. If we feel anxious about a present or upcoming drinking-using scene, we can leave early or not go.\'\'";
msg[17] = "<u>Quality</u>, May 12: \'\' . . . whether we’re well or sick, rich or poor, glad or sad, sober’s better.\'\'";
msg[18] = "<u>Selfishness</u>, June 12: \'\'If the wish to please others or get them off our backs moved us to <i>get</i> sober, that’s fine. But in the long run, we’ll only succeed at <i>staying</i> sober if we do so mostly for ourselves.\'\'";
msg[19] = "<u>Substitution</u>, July 5: \'\' . . . often the best way to break an <i>old</i> habit is to replace it with a new one. Besides, we won’t get arrested, pass out or die from going to too many meetings.\'\'";
msg[20] = "<u>Envy</u>, August 14: \'\' . . . everyone has problems, whether we see them or not. Thus the saying in some of our alcoholic-addict empowerment meetings: \'\'We must stop comparing our insides to others’ outsides.\'\'";
msg[21] = "<u>Motivation</u>, September 9: \'\' . . . the more reasons we can think of to stay sober, the better our chance of success.\'\'";
msg[22] = "<u>Personality</u>, October 22: \'\'Only in sobriety can we be our true selves—and become who we <i>want</i> to be.\'\'";
msg[23] = "<u>Gratitude</u>, November 26: \'\'It’s no coincidence the word appreciate also means \'\'to increase in value.\'\' For when we appreciate the sobriety we have, we get more.\'\'";
msg[24] = "<u>Time</u>, December 29: \'\'We might get so busy in our sobriety we don’t want to take the time needed to prioritize it each day. But the alcoholic-addict who’s dead ’cuz of her illness has all the time in the world.\'\'";
msg[25] = "<u>Associations</u>, January 19: \'\'Of course, we might never be able to wholly shun those people, places or images that remind us of drinking-using. But the more we do and experience sober, the more we’ll link sobriety with all else.\'\'";
msg[26] = "<u>Guarantees</u>, February 24: \'\'It would be great if just not drinking-using would solve all our problems and grant us success. But it doesn’t. What sobriety does, though, is boost the odds in our favor.\'\'";
msg[27] = "<u>Predictions</u>, March 31: \'\'Luckily, though, the statement \'\'I do not drink or use no matter what\'\' is a self-fulfilling prophecy too.\'\'";
msg[28] = "<u>Procrastination</u>, April 25: \'\'We can stay sober a lifetime by postponing that first drink or drug till tomorrow—and postponing it again till tomorrow when tomorrow’s today.\'\'";
msg[29] = "<u>Memory</u>, May 26: \'\'The one thing we alcoholics-addicts must always recall is we don’t drink or use no matter what. Since some of us now have minds like sieves, we must keep putting this fact in at least as fast as it can run out.\'\'";
msg[30] = "<u>Self-Endorsement</u>, June 26: \'\'We sober alcoholics-addicts should endorse ourselves each day for that greatest feat of all: staying sober.\'\'";
msg[31] = "<u>Control</u>, July 7: \'\'Even when we’re sober, most things, like the weather and the behavior of others, lie beyond our control. But once freed from the influence of booze and drugs, we <i>can</i> choose our responses.\'\'";

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