TOPICS 10/3/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.’s can agree with him. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 93-94 DAYS OF HEALING DAYS OF JOY 2) There will always Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 30 / 2025 1) THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.’s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES Read more…
TOPICS 9/27/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. -ALCOHOLICS ONE DAY AT A TIME 2.Take my hand, and no matter how dark the night, the light of day will come, and we will share the Read more…
TOPICS 9/28/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 AA BIG BOOK QUOTE 2)There is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked Read more…
TOPICS 9/27/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love. -AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 THE LANGUAGE OF LETTING GO 2. Sometimes, after we begin recovery, things in our life seem to get worse for a time. Our finances, our relationships, or our Read more…
TOPICS 9/23/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1. He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, “Do you think that you are one of us?” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 GRANT ME… 2. “If you go around thinking you’re being cheated, life becomes very unpleasant” —Felix Salten Why did we get into so Read more…
TOPICS 9/22/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1.Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug Read more…
TOPICS 9/21/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS1. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84The last Promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every Read more…
TOPICS 9/16/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1. … no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone. -Alcoholics Anonymous, p.563 —Benjamin Franklin 2.. “Remember Read more…
TOPICS 9/15/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1. Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. Life will mean something at last. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152 GRAPEVINE DAILY QUOTE 2.. We’ll discover that love is never having to feel alone again; that Read more…