TOPICS 2/21/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) At once, I became a part–if only a tiny part–of a cosmos … AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225 2)“It doesn’t matter if your on the right track, if you don’t move, you’ll get run over” -Will Rogers POCKET SPONSOR 3)We may have the right Read more…
TOPICS 2/20/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 When my A.A. sponsor began to laugh and point out my self-pity and ego-feeding deceptions, I was annoyed and hurt, but it taught me to lighten up and focus on Read more…
TOPICS 2/19/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the “high bottoms, ” the women said they were different; The Skid-Rower said he was different … so did the artists and the professional people, the Read more…
TOPICS 2/14/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 AA — BB Quote 2) After they have succumbed to the desire Read more…
TOPICS 2/13/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.’s can say, “Yes, we were like you–far too smart for our own good … Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone.” AS BILL SEES IT, p. Read more…
TOPICS 2/12/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1)“Selfishness–self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 QUOTE —Mary Manin Morrissey 2) “When we release the bitterness, judgment and blame of the past, whether of ourselves or others, the past becomes a stepping stone to spiritual growth, to Read more…
TOPICS 2/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That’s the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it’s a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious–from which so many of our fears, compulsions and Read more…
TOPICS 2/7/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 2) If faith without works is Read more…
TOPICS 2/6/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. “Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 KEEP IT SIMPLE 2) We will not know unless we begin. –Howard Zinn Let Read more…
TOPICS 2/2/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity…. Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of Read more…