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…
Topics – May 31 1) Daily Reflections READINESS TO SERVE OTHERS.. . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission–to carry the A.A. message to those who don’t know there’s a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 I ask God for the Read more…
TOPICS – May 31 1) Daily Reflections READINESS TO SERVE OTHERS . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission–tocarry the A.A. message to those who don’t know there’s a way out.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 I ask God for the courage to Read more…
TOPICS – May 30 1) Daily Reflections OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere.A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 109 It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving Read more…
TOPICS – May 26 1) Daily Reflections TURNING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE Our spiritual and emotional growth in A.A. does not dependso deeply upon success as it does upon our failures andsetbacks. If you will bear this in mind. I think that yourslip will have the effect of kicking you upstairs, Read more…
TOPICS – May 25 1) Daily Reflections PROGRESSIVE GRATITUDEGratitude should go forward, rather than backward.AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a secondchance to live a worthwhile life. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, Ihave been restored to sanity. The promises are being Read more…
TOPICS – May 24 1) Daily Reflections “HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE” We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannotsubscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it oncewas just that for many of us. But it is clear that Read more…