TOPICS 2/13/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) “To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.’s can say, “Yes, we were like you–far too smart for our own good … Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone.”
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60
AS BILL SEES IT pg. 44
2) Too much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. This is a most subtle and perverse form of self-satisfaction, which permits us to remain comfortably unaware of our own defects. Too often we are heard to say, ‘If it weren’t for him (or her), how happy I’d be!”
KEEP IT SIMPLE
3) Tomorrow doesn’t matter, for I have lived today.
–Horace
Life is found in the present. One of the first things we hear when we enter the program is, One Day at a Time. We break life into short time periods.
We’re not sure we can go a lifetime without feeling self-pity, but we can give it up for a day. By living One Day at a Time, we become more sure of our strength. We have the power to change things only in the present.
AA – BB QUOTE
4) This is the how and why of it. First of all, we had to quit plaThis is the how and why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. – Pg. 62 – How It Works