TOPICS 2/12/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1)“Selfishness–self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 QUOTE —Mary Manin Morrissey 2) “When we release the bitterness, judgment and blame of the past, whether of ourselves or others, the past becomes a stepping stone to spiritual growth, to Read more…
TOPICS 2/11/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We asked ourselves why we had them (fears). Wasn’t it because self-reliance failed us?-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 68All of my character defects separate me from God‘s will. When I ignore my association with Him, I faced the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend on Read more…
TOPICS 2/10/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn’t. What was our choice to be? -ALCOHOLICS Read more…
TOPICS 2/9/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, “But I haven’t got the spiritual angle.” Prior to the statement, he had described a miracle of transformation which had occurred in him- not only his release from alcohol, but a complete Read more…
TOPICS 2/8/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That’s the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it’s a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious–from which so many of our fears, compulsions and Read more…
TOPICS 2/7/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 2) If faith without works is Read more…
TOPICS 2/6/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. “Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 KEEP IT SIMPLE 2) We will not know unless we begin. –Howard Zinn Let Read more…
TOPICS 2/5/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) “The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually begin to infiltrate my life. I can’t say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, Read more…
TOPICS 2/4/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE Read more…
TOPICS 2/3/2026 DAILY REFLECTIONS 1) We needed to ask ourselves, but one short question. “Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?” As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we Read more…