TOPICS – March 30
1) Daily Reflections
OUR GROUP CONSCIENCE
“. . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best.”
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101
I think these words apply to every area of A.A.’s Three Legacies:
Recovery, Unity and Service! ….. want them etched in my mind and life as
I “trudge the Road of Happy Destiny” (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164)…
2) A.A. Thought For The Day (Twenty Four Hours A Day)
Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to
school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father, I was on my
own and didn’t even bother to keep in touch with them. After I got
married, I was very unappreciative of my spouse. Many a time I would
go out all by myself to have a good time. I paid too little attention to our
children and didn’t try to understand them or show them affection. My
few friends were only drinking companions, not real friends. Have I
gotten over loving nobody but my self?
3) Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may not be upset by the judgment of others. I pray that I
may let God be the judge of the real me….
4) Keep It Simple
Spirituality is…the awareness that survival is a savage fight between you and yourself.—Lisa S.
As recovering people, we’re getting stronger each day. We go to meetings to learn how to be better people. But we also go to remind ourselves of the beast inside us—our addiction. This beast is waiting for us to slip—to go back to our addiction—so it can regain control.
Thus ,it’s wise to learn all we can about our disease. That’s why it’s important to do a good job on our Fourth Step. When we work Step Four, we learn how our addiction acts, thinks, and feels. With the help of our program, we can quiet the beast. One Day at a Time….