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…
TOPICS – March 25 1) Daily Reflections A FULL AND THANKFUL HEART I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full andthankful heart cannot entertain certain conceits. Whenbrimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surelyresult in outgoing love, the finest emotion that wecan ever know.AS BILL SEES IT, Read more…
March 24 1) Daily Reflections ACTIVE, NOT PASSIVE, p. 92 Man is supposed to think, and act. He wasn’t made to God’s image tobe an automation.As Bill Sees It, p. 55 Before I joined A.A., I often did not think, and reacted to people andsituations. When not reacting I acted Read more…
March 23 1) Daily Reflections . . . AND NO MORE RESERVATIONS We have seen the truth again and again: “Once analcoholic, always an alcoholic.”. . .ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 33 These words are underlined in my book. They are true formen and women alcoholics. On many occasions I’ve turnedto this Read more…