TOPICS – 11 / 3 / 2025
1. FOCUSING AND LISTENING
There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 98
2. NEW FOUND PEACE
We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind. To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety — in other words, to all of us — this newfound peace is a priceless gift. Something new indeed has been added.
12&12 pg 74
3. I AM ENOUGH
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧. Most people spend their lives trying to fix the world around them—changing jobs, blaming others, chasing peace in noise.
But the real war isn’t out there, it’s the quiet struggle in your mind, the doubts you feed, the fears you run from, the voice that tells you you’re not enough.
ANONYMOUS
4. RECOVERY
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to spiritual concepts. He can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial. We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 570