TOPICS 1/8/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically nonexistent.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.24
God Grant Me…
2) Addiction is a very dangerous and deadly illness.
An AA saying tells us to “stick with the winners”
During our active addiction, we helped to bring out the worst in others. Now we learn attitudes and skills to support each other in the being the best we can be.
FATHER LEO’S DAILY MEDITATIONS
3) It is okay not to “understand”.
There is growth in confusion. We are not perfect. We will never be perfect. The mystery of life is exactly that — a mystery.
As an alcoholic I had to have an answer for everything, even if I made up the answer! Not to know was humiliating for me because it took away control, my need to be in charge, my hopeless and exhausting quest for perfection. With the failure to be perfect came the guilt, shame and anger.
Today I am able to live with life’s daily confusions — and it’s okay!
4.) “Any fool can try to defend his mistakes–and most fools do–but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one’s mistakes. By fighting, you never get enough, but by yielding, you get more than you expected.”
–Lawrence G. Lovasik