TOPICS 2/1/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) ” … Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can’t say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now.”
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27
POWER IN THE PAUSE
2) He suddenly realized that in order to save himself, he must carry his message to another alcoholic.
—BB pg. xvi
We can’t keep it unless we give it away! I also learned we can’t SAVE people. We carry the message not the mess.
GOD GRANT ME…
3) Came to believe in a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
STEP TWO OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
The second step pushes us to start believing in something other than ourselves.
By seeing others like us getting well, we begin to have hope. Hope is a Power greater than than us.
As we start to believe in hope, in our group, and in ourselves, we are slowly restored to sanity.
4) I asked my sponsor, “What do you do when you finish working the Steps?” Without batting an eye, he replied, “You lie really still, because you’re dead!”
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