TOPICS 1/19/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16
The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my daily activities. How comforting for me is the concept that God works in and through people. As I pause in my day, do I recall specific concrete examples of God’s presence? Am I amazed and uplifted by the number of times this power is evident? I am overwhelmed with gratitude for my God’s presence in my life of recovery. Without this omnipotent force in my every activity, I would again fall into the depths of my disease – and death.
POWER IN THE PAUSE
2) You said as long as I put AA first in life, everything I put second would be first class.
—pg. 337 BB
What a life we get if we keep God and AA first!
AA BIG BOOK QUOTE
3) Self will and ‘running the show’ can be like the monkey who sticks his hand into the trap for food. He grasps the food tightly creating a fist that won’t slide out the trap door. The monkey struggles but won’t release the food and he is trapped. Holding tight to your will and your way can be the fist that traps you.
I Let Go and Let God. What a relief.
FORGIVING AND MOVING ON
4) I will live the life I have in front of me today. I get so caught up in what I would like to be, I forget to be what I am. I believe today that there is a plan for me and that my life is unfolding at it is meant to.