TOPICS – July 7 1) Daily Reflections . . . AND LETTING GO OF IT . . . primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessedor would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basisof unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continualdisturbance and frustration. Read more…
TOPICS – July 6 1) Daily Reflections IDENTIFYING FEAR . . . . The chief activator of our defects has been self –centered fear. . . . .TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 76 When I feel uncomfortable, irritated, or depressed, Ilook for fear. This “evil and corroding thread” is Read more…
TOPICS – July 5 1) Daily Reflections A NEW DIRECTION Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient;they failed utterly. . . Every day is a day when we must carry thevision of God’s will into all our activities.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.45,85 2) A.A. Thought For The Day Read more…
TOPICS – July 1 1) Daily Reflections THE BEST FOR TODAY The principles we have set down are guides to progress.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects increating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps areused to bring Read more…
TOPICS – June 30 1) Daily Reflections SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A. A.will always depend upon our continued willingness to giveup some of our personal ambitions and desires for thecommon safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survivalfor the individual Read more…
TOPICS – June 29 1) Daily Reflections A RIPPLING EFFECT Having learned to live so happily, we’d show everyone else how. . .Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . .So why shouldn’t we share our way of life Read more…
TOPICS – June 27 1) Daily Reflections CONFORMING TO THE A.A. WAY We obey A.A.’s Steps and Traditions because we really want them forourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; we conformbecause we genuinely want to conform. Such is our process of growthin unity and function. Read more…
TOPICS – June 25 1) DAILY REFLECTIONS A TWO-WAY STREET If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our cooperation. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 65 2) A.A. Thought For The Read more…
TOPICS – June 24 1) Daily Reflections A SPIRITUAL KINDERGARTEN We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in whichpeople are enabled to get over drinking and find the graceto go on living to better effect.AS BILL SEES IT, p. 95 2) A.A. Thought For The Day Alcohol is our weakness. Read more…
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…