TOPICS – April 20 1) Daily Reflections SELF-EXAMINATION . . . we ask God to direct our thinking, especially askingthat it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seekingmotives.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 2) A.A. Thought For The Day The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is,made up of Read more…
TOPICS – April 19 1) Daily Reflections BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 2) A.A. Thought For The Day Since I’ve Read more…
TOPICS – April 18 1) Daily Reflections SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 2) Read more…
TOPICS 4/17/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) All these feelings, generate fear, a soul- sickness in its own right. -12 AND 12, p. 49 AS BILL SEES IT, p. 108 2) In 1941, a news clipping was called to our attention by a New York member. In an obituary notice from a Read more…
TOPICS 4/16/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 66 AS BILL SEES IT, p. Read more…
TOPICS 4/15/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) … harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 BIG BOOK QUOTE 2) On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Read more…
TOPICS – April 14 1) Daily Reflections THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER” Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 Read more…
TOPICS – April 13 1) Daily Reflections THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention Read more…
TOPICS – April 13 1) Daily Reflections THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its Read more…
TOPICS – April 12 1) Daily Reflections GIVING UP INSANITY . . . where alcohol has been involved, we have beenstrangely insane.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38 2) A.A. Thought For The Day -Twenty Four Hours A Day This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic tolive in. Once you’ve Read more…