TOPICS 5/29/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking. 12 AND 12, p. 139 I first heard the short form of the Third Tradition in the Preamble. When I came to A.A. I could not accept myself, my alcoholism, or a Higher Read more…
TOPICS 5/28/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) At one time or another most AA groups go on rulemaking benders… after a time, fear and intolerance subside. (And we realize) we do not wish to deny anyone his chance to recover from alcoholism. We wish to be just as inclusive as we can, Read more…
TOPICS 5/27/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Day by day, we try to move a little toward God’s perfect perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt.. When I first discovered that there is not a single “don’t” in the Twelve Steps of AA, I was disturbed because this discovery 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…
TOPICS – May 23 1) DAILY REFLECTION – SPIRITUAL HEALTH When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 64 It is very difficult for me to come to terms with my spiritual illness because of my great pride, disguised by my material successes Read more…
TOPICS – May 23 1) DAILY REFLECTION – SPIRITUAL HEALTH When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten outmentally and physically.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 64 It is very difficult for me to come to terms with myspiritual illness because of my great pride, disguised bymy material successes and my intellectual power.Intelligence Read more…
TOPICS 5/22/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) WE…(The first word of the First Step) 12 AND 12, p. 21 When I was drinking all I could ever think about was “I, I, I,” or “Me, Me, Me.” Such painful obsessions of self, such soul sickness, such spiritual selfishness, bound me to the Read more…
TOPICS 5/21/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) A LIST OF BLESSINGS One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings… AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I Read more…