ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension—freedom under God as we understand Him. — Read more…
TOPICS 4/24/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were surrounded by people who loved us… We were trying to find emotional security either by dominating or by being dependent upon others… We still mainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy sort of domination or Read more…
TOPICS 4/23/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) It would be a product of false pride to claim that AA is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 BIG BOOK QUOTE, p. 89 2) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work Read more…
TOPICS 4/22/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush , will hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which would destroy us, or which we would use Read more…
TPOICS – April 21 1) Daily Reflections CULTIVATING FAITH “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this worldunless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. toowell unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . .acquiring the spirit of service. We Read more…
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…