TOPICS 10/4/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS1)… we know that the pains of drinking had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 94 GRANT ME… 2) COURAGE IS LIKE LOVE; IT MUST HAVE HOPE TO NOURISH IT. —NAPOLEONHope has us invest in life, others, and our Read more…
TOPICS 10/3/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.’s can agree with him. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 93-94 DAYS OF HEALING DAYS OF JOY 2) There will always Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 2 / 2025 1) THE ACID TEST As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in Read more…
TOPICS – 10 / 1 / 2025 1) LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENTIt is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 2) INSANITYHowever intelligent we may Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 30 / 2025 1) THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.’s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES Read more…
TOPICS 9/27/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. -ALCOHOLICS ONE DAY AT A TIME 2.Take my hand, and no matter how dark the night, the light of day will come, and we will share the Read more…
TOPICS 9/28/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 AA BIG BOOK QUOTE 2)There is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked Read more…
TOPICS 9/27/25 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love. -AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 THE LANGUAGE OF LETTING GO 2. Sometimes, after we begin recovery, things in our life seem to get worse for a time. Our finances, our relationships, or our Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 26 / 2025 1) OUR CHILDREN The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . Read more…
TOPICS – 9 / 25 / 2025 FIRST THINGS FIRST Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job – wife or no wife – we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence Read more…