TOPICS – 10 / 20 / 2025
1) SOLACE FOR CONFUSION
Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28
2) 7th STEP PRAYER
My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen.
Big Book Page 76
3) CHANGE
Let us never fear needed change. The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
Bill W – As Bill Sees It, p. 115
4) NIGHTLY INVENTORY
The purpose of a nightly inventory in AA is to maintain sobriety by taking a daily self-reflection of one’s thoughts and actions, addressing the spiritual poisons that can block you off from your higher power—resentment, selfishness, dishonesty, and fear. With the goal of promptly admitting any wrongdoing, making amends, and continuing personal and spiritual growth