TOPICS – June 23 1) Daily Reflections TRUSTING OTHERS But does trust require that we be blind to other people’s motives or,indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, weshould assess the capacity for harm as well as the capability for goodin every person that Read more…
TOPICS – June 19 1) Daily Reflections “A.A. REGENERATION” Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arisingout of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s oldlife as a condition for finding a new one.A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 2) A.A. Thought For The Day We have this Read more…
TOPICS – June 18 1) Daily Reflections A FELLOWSHIP OF FREEDOM . . . if only men were granted absolute liberty, and were compelled to obey no one, they would then voluntarily associate themselves in the common interest.AS BILL SEES IT, p. 50 When I no longer live under the Read more…
TOPICS – June 17 1) Daily Reflections “DEEP DOWN WITHIN US” We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the lastanalysis it is only there that He may be found. . . . searchdiligently within yourself . . . With this attitude youcannot fail. The consciousness of your Read more…
TOPICS – June 13 1) Daily Reflections LIVING OUR AMENDS “Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make anywife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent,ill.”ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I notonly hurt myself, Read more…
TOPICS – June 12 1) Daily Reflections FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends,and society at large that many of us have suffered the most.We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. Theprimary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inabilityto Read more…
TOPICS – June 11 1) Daily Reflections FAMILY OBLIGATIONS . . . a spiritual life which does not include . . . familyobligations may not be so perfect after all.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129 2) Prayer For The Day I pray that today I may have inner peace. I pray that Read more…
TOPICS – June 6 1) Daily Reflections ALL WE DO IS TRY Can He now take them all — every one?ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 In doing Step Six it helped me a lot to remember that I am striving for“spiritual progress.” Some of my character defects may be with me Read more…
TOPICS – June 5 1) Daily Reflections ENTIRELY READY? “This is the Step that separates the men from the boys.”. . . thedifference between “the boys and the men” is the difference betweenstriving for a self determined objective and for the perfect objectivewhich is of God. . . . It Read more…
TOPICS – June 1 1) Daily Reflections A CHANGED OUTLOOK Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When I was drinking, my attitude was totally selfish, totallyself-centered; my pleasure and my comfort came first. Now that I amsober, self-seeking has started to slip away. My Read more…