TOPICS 6/9/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become part of our thinking, we find a living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters Read more…
TOPICS 6/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God’s help… we Read more…
TOPICS 6/7/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn’t strange that we often let these fire exceed their intended purpose. When they drive us blindly, or we will fully demand that they supply us with more satisfaction or pleasures than 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 6/4/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Carefully reading the first five proposal. We ask if we have admitted anything, but we are building an arch which we shall walk a freeman at last… are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things we should we have admitted Read more…
TOPICS 6/3/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) …we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. Read more…
TOPICS 6/2/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Here are the steps we took… ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 These are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their direct simplicity, they sweep aside, all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I did: I took 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…