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 ANONYMOUS, p. 53
AS BILL SEES IT
2) It is when we try to make our will conform with God’s that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was the most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God‘s intention for us. To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.’s Twelve Steps.
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 40
WALK IN DRY PLACES
3) Reminding ourselves that all outcomes are in God’s hands can help us to acquire patience. Willful pushing does not bring the serenity and well-being we really seek. We labor in vain if we are seeking goals that are not in line with God’s will for us. I will do my work today with the knowledge that God really is in charge of my life. I do not have to let anything or anyone rob me of my serenity and self-control. I will practice patience in situations where it is needed.
LANGUAGE OF THE HEART
4) Let us always love the best in others – and never fear their worst.
-Bill Wilson, 1962