TOPICS 1/16/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.’s remaining Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no Read more…
TOPICS 1/15/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 POWER IN THE PAUSE 2) Love and service keeps us dry. —,Dr. Bob Read more…
TOPICS 1/14/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 FATHER LEO’S DAILY MEDITATIONS 2) The fault is in us.” — Hannah Arend As a drunk I would blame everybody for my problems Today I accept my involvement Read more…
TOPICS 1/13/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 8 GRAPEVINE DAILY QUOTE 2) Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, Read more…
TOPICS 1/12/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall Read more…
TOPICS 1/11/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Only Step One, where we made the 100% admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68 AS BILL SEES IT 2) “It is not always the quantity of good things that you do, it Read more…
TOPICS 1/10/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 30 AS BILL Read more…
TOPICS 1/9/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY Read more…
TOPICS 1/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically nonexistent. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.24 God Grant Me… 2) Addiction is a very dangerous and deadly illness. An AA saying tells us to Read more…
TOPICS 1/7/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 INTO ACTION—BB pg. 84 2)Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at Read more…