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Motorcycle Club initiated by Recovering members of Bhutan to live clean & sober supporting eachother and also reaching out to others who are in need of recovery!

20/06/2026

June 20

Meditation for beginners

For some, prayer is asking for Gods help; meditation is listening for Gods answer.... Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us.

Basic Text, pp. 46-47

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Be patient when youre learning to meditate, many of us were told. It takes practice to know what to listen for.

Were glad someone told us that, or many of us would have quit after a week or two of meditating. For the first few weeks, we may have sat each morning, stilled our thoughts, and listened, just as the Basic Text saidbut heard nothing. It may have taken a few more weeks before anything really happened. Even then, what happened was often barely noticeable. We were rising from our morning meditations feeling just a little better about our lives, a little more empathy for those we encountered during the day, and a little more in touch with our Higher Power.

For most of us, there was nothing dramatic in that awarenessno bolts of lightning or claps of thunder. Instead, it was something quietly powerful. We were taking time to get our egos and our ideas out of the way. In that clear space, we were improving our conscious contact with the source of our daily recovery, the God of our understanding. Meditation was new, and it took time and practice. But, like all the steps, it workedwhen we worked it.

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Just for today: I will practice listening for knowledge of Gods will for me, even if I dont know what to listen for yet.

19/06/2026

June 19

A sense of humor

We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free.

Basic Text, p. 107

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The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter brings. Even if we are deeply troubled, the joy that often fills the meeting rooms allows us, for a time, to have some fun with our recovery. Through humor, we can be temporarily relieved of our obsession with self.

Life on lifes terms is often anything but funny. But if we can keep a sense of humor about us, things that might overwhelm us can be made bearable. How often have we allowed ourselves to be upset by incidents that, taken with a bit of humor, are not all that intolerable? When we become annoyed with people and events, a search for the humor in the situation can put things in a brighter perspective. An ability to find humor in a difficult situation is a gift to develop.

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Just for today: I will look to find the humor in adversity. When I make mistakes, I will find a way to laugh at the humor of my imperfections.

18/06/2026

June 18

Indirect amends

Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people.

Basic Text, p. 41

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When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didnt always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When it came time to make amends through our Ninth Step, we found that there were so many people we had victimized that we might never remember them all.

With the help of our sponsor and other recovering members of NA, we found a solution to this obstacle. We vowed to complete these nameless amends by making restitution to our communities. We focused our service efforts on helping the still-suffering addict. In this manner, we found a way to give back to society.

Today, with the love and guidance of members in NA, we are giving back to the world around us rather than taking. We are making our communities better places to live by carrying the message of recovery to those we encounter in our daily lives.

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Just for today: I will make indirect amends by reaching out to an addict who may need help. I will strive in some small way to make my community a better place in which to live.

17/06/2026

June 17

Walls

Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us.

Basic Text, p. 83

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Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included. But the love and acceptance we found in Narcotics Anonymous encouraged us to reach out and get close to others.

The longer we stayed clean, the more we began to long for greater intimacy with our loved ones. We began reaching out in deeper, more meaningful ways, even though we might get hurt. Despite our fears of rejection, we decided to risk revealing ourselves, our beliefs, and our needs. We decided to let down our defensive walls.

The freedom weve found has been worth the risk involved. We know there is still work to do before we will be completely free of the barriers built by years of active addiction. But by reaching out to other addicts and allowing them to reach out to us, despite our human failings, we have come to know that we have a great capacity for love and intimacy. When set free of their restraining walls, our hearts hold great power.

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Just for today: I will let down my personal walls and reach out to others. I will allow my heart the freedom to love and be loved.

16/06/2026

June 16

Accepting life

Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.

Basic Text, p. 95

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Its relatively easy to accept the things we likeits the things we dont like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to suit our tastes would solve nothing. After all, the idea that the world was to blame for all our problems was the attitude that kept us usingand that attitude nearly killed us.

In the course of working the steps, we begin to ask ourselves hard questions about the roles we ourselves have played in creating the unacceptable lives weve lived. In most cases, weve found that what needed changing was our own attitude and our own actions, not the people, places, and things around us.

In recovery, we pray for wisdom to know the difference between what can and cant be changed. Then, once we see the truth of our situation, we pray for the willingness to change ourselves.

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Just for today: Higher Power, grant me the wisdom to know the difference between what can be changed and what I must accept. Please help me gratefully accept the life Ive been given.

15/06/2026

June 15

Resistance to change

Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for the unknown.

Basic Text, p. 34

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We have often heard it said that when the pain of remaining the same becomes greater than the pain of changing, we will change. Our fear can keep us from growing, afraid to end relationships, change careers, attend new meetings, begin new friendships, or attempt anything out of the ordinary. We stay in situations that are no longer working far longer than we have to simply because what is familiar feels safer than the unknown.

Any change involves overcoming fear. What if Im alone forever? we might think if we consider leaving our lover. What if I find out Im incompetent? we may wonder when we contemplate changing careers. We may balk at attending new meetings because we will have to reach out. Our minds manufacture a hundred excuses for remaining right where we are, afraid to try something new.

We find that most of our pain comes not from change but from resistance to change. In NA, we learn that change is how we move forward in our lives. New friends, new relationships, new interests and challenges will replace the old. With these new things in our lives, we find new joys and loves.

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Just for today: I will release the old, embrace the new, and grow.

14/06/2026

June 14

Maintaining our faith

If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion.

Basic Text, p. 95

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When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no belief at all. Some of us felt we had done such terrible things that a loving Power would never have anything to do with us. Others were convinced that the bad things that happened to us would not have occurred if a loving Power had actually existed. It took time, effort, open-mindedness, and faith to acquire a working belief in a loving Higher Power that would guide us through lifes challenges.

Even after we come to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, our old ideas can come back to haunt us. Major setbacks in our lives and the insecurity such events can trigger may give rise to the return of our old, inadequate ideas about God. When this happens, we need to assure ourselves that our Higher Power has not abandoned us but is waiting to help us make it through the hard times in our recovery. No matter how painful our loss may be, we will survive our setback and continue to grow if we maintain the faith our program has given us.

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Just for today: I have worked hard to build my faith in a loving, caring Higher Power that will guide me through lifes challenges. Today, I will trust that Power.

13/06/2026

June 13

A full life

The program works a miracle in our lives.... We become free to live.

Basic Text, p. 11

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Most of usif weve been in recovery for any length of time at allhave heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. In fact, we may have been the complaining member. The days seem so full: job, family and friends, meetings, activities, sponsorship, step work. There just arent enough hours in the day, the member complains, to get everything done and meet everyones demands on my time!

When this happens, usually theres soft laughter from some of the other membersprobably members who had planned to grumble about the same sort of thing. The laughter stems from our recognition that we are complaining about the miracle of the life that is ours today. Not so long ago, few of us were capable of having any of these problems in our life. We devoted all of our energy to maintaining our active addiction. Today we have full lives, complete with all the feelings and problems that go with living in reality.

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Just for today: I will remember that my life is a miracle. Instead of resenting how busy I am, I will be thankful my life is so full.

12/06/2026

June 12

A vision of hope

Yes, we are a vision of hope...

Basic Text, p. 53

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By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addicts who were staying clean! A clean addict is, indeed, a vision of hope.

Today, we give that same hope to others. The newcomers see the joyful light in our eyes, notice how we carry ourselves, listen to us speak in meetings, and often want what we have found. They believe in us until they learn to believe in themselves.

Newcomers hear us carry a message of hope to them. They tend to see us through rose-colored glasses. They dont always recognize our struggle with a particular character defect or our difficulties with improving our conscious contact with our Higher Power. It takes them time to realize that we, the oldtimers with three or six or ten years clean, often place personalities before principles or suffer from some other unsightly character defects.

Yes, the newcomer sometimes places us on a pedestal. It is good, though, to openly admit the nature of our struggles in recovery for, in time, the newcomer will be walking through those same trials. And that newcomer will remember that others walked through that difficulty and stayed clean.

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Just for today: I will remember that I am a beacon to all who follow in my path, a vision of hope.

11/06/2026

June 11

Living clean

As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean.... Life can become a new adventure for us.

Basic Text, p. 91

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The using life is not a clean oneno one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, though, than any external filth was the way most of us felt inside. The things we did to get our drugs, the way we treated other people, and the way we treated ourselves had us feeling dirty. Many of us recall waking too many mornings just wishing that, for once, we could feel clean about ourselves and our lives.

Today, we have a chance to feel clean by living clean. For us addicts, living clean starts with not usingafter all, thats our primary use for the word clean in Narcotics Anonymous. But as we stay clean and work the Twelve Steps, we discover another kind of clean. Its the clean that comes from admitting the truth about our addiction rather than hiding or denying our disease. Its the freshness that comes from owning up to our wrongs and making amends for them. Its the vitality that comes from the new set of values we develop as we seek a Higher Powers will for us. When we practice the principles of our program in all our affairs, we have no reason to feel dirty about our lives or our lifestyleswere living clean, and are grateful to be doing so at last.

Clean living used to be just for the squares. Today, living clean is the only way wed have it.

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Just for today: I feel clean because Im living cleanand thats the way I want to keep it.

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