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. 68
All 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 self-reliance. I have never found security and happiness through self-will and the only result is a life of fear and discontent. God provides a path back to Him and to His gift of security and comfort. First, however, I must be willing to acknowledge my fears and understand their source and power over me. I frequently ask God to help me understand how I separate myself from Him.
AS BILL SEES IT
2) When first challenged to admit defeat, most of us revolted. We had approached A.A. expecting to be taught self-confidence. Then we had been told that so far as alcohol was concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability. There was no such thing as personal conquest of the alcoholic compulsion by the unaided will.
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 22
POCKET SPONSOR
3) You are either progressing or regressing. There is no such thing as standing still; there is no such thing as simply ‘gressing.’ I can only coast one way, and that’s downhill.
4) “Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.”
-St. Francis de Sales