TOPICS 3/8/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn’t it true that in all matters touching up upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of alcoholics anonymous?… Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the founding vessel he has become. Now if this is not turning ones will and life over to a newfound Providence, then what is it?
-12 AND 12, p. 35
AS BILL SEES IT
2) While I thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish the word ‘founder’ could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. When you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successful Twelfth Step work is bound to be the founder of a new life for other alcoholics.
-LETTER, 1945
BIG BOOK QUOTE, p. 25
3) The great fact is just this, and nothing less: that we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God‘s universe. The central factor of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way, which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us, which we could never do by ourselves.
4) “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
-John Andrew Holme