TOPICS 2/3/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We needed to ask ourselves, but one short question. “Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?” As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we Read more…
TOPICS 1/30/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We are going to know a new freedom… -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83 AS BILL SEES IT 2) Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak to us from the heart, we have finally Read more…
TOPICS 1/29/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss. We know you Read more…
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…