TOPICS 12/24/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be friendly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. Read more…
TOPICS 12/23/2025 1) Our Twelfth Step-carrying the message-is the basic service that AA’s Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. -THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 160 2) When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to Read more…
TOPICS 12/22/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The way our “worthy” alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the “less worthy” is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! -THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 POWER IN THE PAUSE 2) The more we become Read more…
TOPICS 12/21/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 Alkiespeak – Book – Quote 2) They didn’t make a glass big enough Read more…
TOPICS 12/20/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) This is, indeed, the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own Read more…
TOPICS 12/19/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139 WALK IN DRY PLACES2) The procrastination of our Read more…
TOPICS 12/18/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely.” -ALCOHOLICS ANOMYMOUS, p. 93 KEEP IT SIMPLE 2) “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt As addicts, we had lots of fear. Some of us were afraid Read more…
TOPICS 12/17/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “….work with other alcoholics…It works when other activities fail.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 KEEP IT SIMPLE2) “The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.” SaadiWhen we were drinking and drugging, we didn’t have to deal much with feelings. We turned them off. Read more…
TOPICS 12/16/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) ” … nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics … -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 89, 100 POWER IN THE PAUSE 2) We shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer — BB pg. 85 I have heard it said Read more…
TOPICS 12/15/2025 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 POWER IN THE PAUSE 2) “Letting go. ” I was told I had two choices: let go or get Read more…