TOPICS – 7 / 25 / 2025 THOSE WHO STILL SUFFER For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity. I know the torment of drinking compulsively to quiet my nerves and my fears. I also know the pain Read more…
TOPICS – 7 / 24 / 2025 1.HELPING OTHERS Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Self-centeredness was my problem. All my life people had been doing things for me and I Read more…
TOPICS 7 / 23 / 2025 1.I ASK GOD TO DECIDE “I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.” I don’t decide which defects get removed, or the order in which defects Read more…
TOPICS 7/22/25💌 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1)My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 The essence of Step Seven is humility, and what better way to seek humility than by giving all of myself–good and bad–to God, so that He Read more…
TOPICS 7/20/25 💌 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1)But now the words “Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works” began to carry bright promise and meaning. -12 & 12, p. 75 Step 7 says simply that God will remove my shortcomings. The only footwork I must do is “humbly ask,” Read more…
TOPICS 7/19/25💌 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1)Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help. -12 & 12, p. 75 WALK IN DRY PLACES 2)We often urge ourselves to hurry up when there’s no Read more…
*TOPICS* 7/18/25 💌 *DAILY REFLECTIONS* 1) During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. -12 & 12, p. 75 *TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY* 2)Two things can spoil group unity–gossip and criticism. To avoid these divisive things, Read more…
TOPICS 7 / 17 / 2025 1.SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATION My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root Read more…
TOPICS 7 / 16 / 2025 1.SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATION My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root Read more…
TOPICS – 7 / 16 / 2025 1.”A MEASURE OF HUMILITY” In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of Read more…