TOPICS 6/22/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power -that if I was ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so must I make the same Read more…
TOPICS 6/21/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be holy completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition of insecurity, we shall all react to the same emotion – well or badly, as the case may Read more…
TOPICS 6/20/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain. -AS Read more…
TOPICS 6/16/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We have found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the realm of spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive, never exclusive, or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men. AS Read more…
TOPICS 6/15/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) You can…make A.A. Itself your ‘higher power.’ Here’s a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem… many members… have crossed the threshold, just this… their faith, broadened, and deep… transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power….12 AND 12, pp. Read more…
TOPICS 6/14/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) It is a design for living that works in rough going. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to AA, I realized that AA worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But it could work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had Read more…
TOPICS – June 12 1) Daily Reflections FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is Read more…
TOPICS 6/10/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) we reacted, more strongly to frustrations than normal people. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. Following a slow car in a no passing lane, or waiting in a restaurant for the check, drives me to Read more…
TOPICS 6/9/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become part of our thinking, we find a living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters Read more…
TOPICS 6/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God’s help… we Read more…