TOPICS – August 31 1) Daily Reflections: A UNIQUE PROGRAM…Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class. Wehave gained some understanding of the ancient words “Freely yehave received, freely give.” We have discovered that at the pointof professionalism, money and spirituality do not mix.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 166 Read more…
TOPICS – August 30 1) Daily Reflections: THE ONLY REQUIREMENT. . . “At one time. . .every A.A. group had many membership rules.Everybody was scared witless that something or somebody wouldcapsize the boat. . .The total list was a mile long. If all those rules hadbeen in effect everywhere, nobody Read more…
TOPICS – August 29 1) Daily Reflections: I CHOOSE ANONYMITY….We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is thegreatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have.12 & 12, p.187 2) A.A. Thought For The Day (Twenty-Four Hours A Day): “We cannot get along without prayer and meditation. Onawakening, let us Read more…
TOPICS – August 25 1) Daily Reflections: THE GIFT OF BONDING…Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 63 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I may not speak or act in the midst of emotional upheaval.I pray that Read more…
TOPICS – Aug 24 1) Daily Reflections: A RIDDLE THAT WORKS..It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiencessuch as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own and havesucceeded only in giving the story of it. I know the feeling itgave me and the results it Read more…
TOPICS – August 23 1) Daily Reflections BRINGING THE MESSAGE HOME… Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into oursometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group?TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , pp. 111 -112 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I Read more…
TOPICS – August 19 1) Daily Reflections: A FRAME OF REFERENCE…Referring to our list [inventory] again. Putting out of our minds thewrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened?ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 67 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray Read more…
TOPICS – August 18 1) Daily Reflections: GETTING WELL, p.239 Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotionalconflicts persist below the level of consciousness.12 & 12, pp. 79-80 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I may think and say and do the things that bring Godcloser to me. I Read more…
TOPICS – August 17 1) Daily Reflections: RIGHTING THE HARM..In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others hasnot been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 79 2) Prayer For The Day: I pray that I may live in Read more…
Topics – August 16 1. Daily Reflections: “I HAD DROPPED OUT”… We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have “harmed” other people. What kinds of “harm” do people do one another, anyway? To define the word “harm” in a practical way, we might call Read more…