TOPICS – 9 / 18 / 2017 1) DAILY REFLECTION LOVED BACK TO RECOVERY – Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of Read more…
TOPICS 9/17/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1 When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important Read more…
TOPICS 9/17/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1 When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 14 / 2025 1) PEACE OF MIND Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God’s help and guidance — meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, Read more…
1) REPAIRING THE DAMAGEGood judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage and prudence – these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 83 2) ALL ARE WELCOMENo one is too discredited, nor has sunk too low, to be welcomed cordially into Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 9 / 2025 1) OPENING NEW DOORS They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us — sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. The Promises talked about in this passage are slowly coming to life for me. What has given me hope is putting Step Nine into action. Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 8 / 2025 1) “WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION” I could not manage my life alone. I had tried that road and failed. My “ultimate sin” dragged me down to the lowest level I have ever reached and, unable even to function, I accepted the fact that Read more…
1) OUR SIDE OF THE STREETWe are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. His faults are not discussed. We stick to our own.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 77-78 Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 3 / 2025 1) BUILDING A NEW LIFE We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 82 When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be enough for me. I need to remember the hopelessness Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 2 / 2025 1) FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE” The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development. Aren’t you willing to believe that there is a reason for your life, even though you may not know yourself what that reason is, or that Read more…