TOPICS – Oct. 71) Daily Reflections:DAILY MONITORINGContinued to take personal inventory. . . . .TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 2) Prayer For The Day:I pray that I may learn to lean on God’s strength. I pray that I may know that my weakness is God’s opportunity. 3) Keep Read more…
TOPICS – October 6 1) Daily Reflections: FACING OURSELVES.. . . . . and Fear says, “You dare not look!” TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I Read more…
TOPICS – October 5 1) Daily Reflections: YESTERDAY’S BAGGAGE.. For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct Read more…
TOPICS – October 1 1) Daily Reflections: LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT… It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 2) Prayer For The Read more…
TOPICS – September 30 1) Daily Reflections: 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 OF Read more…
TOPICS – September 29 1) Daily Reflections: EXACTLY ALIKE… Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I may accept every task as a challenge. I know I cannot wholly fail if Read more…
TOPICS – September 25 1) Daily Reflections: FIRST THINGS FIRST…Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth:Job or no job — wife or no wife — we simply do not stopdrinking so long as we place dependence upon other peopleahead of dependence on God.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. Read more…
TOPICS – September 24 1) Daily Reflections: VIGILANCE… We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again:“Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.” Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be Read more…
TOPICS – September 23 1) Daily Reflections: “I WAS AN EXCEPTION” He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, “Do you think that you are one of us?”ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I may try to draw near to God each day Read more…
TOPICS – September 19 1) Daily Reflections: ACCEPTANCE…We admitted we couldn’t lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hithertoimpossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts Read more…