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…
TOPICS- April 4 1) Daily Reflections CRYING FOR THE MOON “This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childishsensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him thatinsatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyesof the world. Still a child, he cries for Read more…
TOPICS – March 31 1) Daily Reflections NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared atone of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperatecase, and that above all he wanted to Read more…
TOPICS – March 31 1) Daily Reflections NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared atone of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperatecase, and that above all he wanted to Read more…
TOPICS – March 30 1) Daily Reflections OUR GROUP CONSCIENCE “. . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best.”ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.’s Three Legacies:Recovery, Unity and Service! ….. want them etched in my mind Read more…
TOPICS- March 29 1) Daily Reflections TRUSTED SERVANTS They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group’s chores. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 134 2) A.A. Thought For The Day (Twenty-Four Hours A Day) Before I met A.A. I was very dishonest. I lied to Read more…