TOPICS 3/12/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) On awakening let us think of the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest, or self-seeking motives. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 AS BILL Read more…
TOPICS 3/11/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) It is when we try to make our will conform with God’s that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was the most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems Read more…
TOPICS 3/10/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) … we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 AS BILL SEES IT2) A clear light seems to fall upon us all – Read more…
TOPICS 3/9/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 12 AND 12, p. 34 BIG BOOK QUOTE, p. 21 2) But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate drinker; Read more…
TOPICS 3/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn’t it true that in all matters touching up upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over Read more…
TOPICS 3/7/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. -12 AND 12, p. 35 WALK IN DRY PLACES 2) When we don’t return things to Read more…
TOPICS 3/6/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 AS BILL SEES IT, p. 65 2) Let us always remember that any society of men and women that Read more…
TOPICS 3/5/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow “take it easy?“ That’s what I want to know. 12 and 12, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked “Why should I wait, when I can have it Read more…
TOPICS 3/4/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 BIG BOOK QUOTE, p. 49 2) Instead of regarding ourselves as intelligent agents, Read more…
TOPICS 3/3/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, Read more…