TPOICS – April 21 1) Daily Reflections CULTIVATING FAITH “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this worldunless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. toowell unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . .acquiring the spirit of service. We Read more…
TOPICS – April 20 1) Daily Reflections SELF-EXAMINATION . . . we ask God to direct our thinking, especially askingthat it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seekingmotives.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 2) A.A. Thought For The Day The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is,made up of Read more…
TOPICS – April 19 1) Daily Reflections BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 2) A.A. Thought For The Day Since I’ve Read more…
TOPICS – April 18 1) Daily Reflections SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 2) Read more…
TOPICS – April 14 1) Daily Reflections THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER” Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 Read more…
TOPICS – April 13 1) Daily Reflections THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention Read more…
TOPICS – April 13 1) Daily Reflections THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its Read more…
TOPICS – April 12 1) Daily Reflections GIVING UP INSANITY . . . where alcohol has been involved, we have beenstrangely insane.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38 2) A.A. Thought For The Day -Twenty Four Hours A Day This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic tolive in. Once you’ve Read more…
TOPICS – April 11 1) Daily Reflections To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were Read more…
TOPICS- April 6 1) Daily Reflections A LIFETIME PROCESS We were having trouble with personal relationships, wecouldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a preyto misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, wehad a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, wewere unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be Read more…