TOPICS 1/28/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worthwhile to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God‘s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have- the key to life and happiness Read more…
TOPICS 1/24/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) There is action and more action. “Faith without works is dead.” …To be helpful is our only aim. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88-89 WALK IN DRY PLACES 2) We need not fear our own thoughts and feelings if we are continuing to work the program. As Read more…
TOPICS 1/23/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) … we aren’t a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn’t want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the Read more…
TOPICS 1/22/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said, almost jokingly, “Remember, Bill, let’s not louse this thing up. Let’s keep it simple!” I turned away, unable to say a word. Read more…
TOPICS 1/18/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized that we were out of control, that are drinking, even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. Read more…
TOPICS 1/17/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just a particular order. We wanted to get it by the alcohol route. And we weren’t successful. But when we take time to find out Read more…
TOPICS 1/16/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.’s remaining Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no Read more…
TOPICS 1/12/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall Read more…
TOPICS 1/11/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Only Step One, where we made the 100% admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68 AS BILL SEES IT 2) “It is not always the quantity of good things that you do, it Read more…
TOPICS 1/10/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 30 AS BILL Read more…