TOPICS 4/23/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) It would be a product of false pride to claim that AA is a cure-all, even for alcoholism.
-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285
BIG BOOK QUOTE, p. 89
2) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill.
WALK IN DRY PLACES
3) Manipulative behavior is almost always selfish behavior. It is usually a false means of trying to get our own way. It is certainly an immature way of dealing with people in situations. The best way to avoid being manipulative is to be ourselves at all times. We have neither the right nor the responsibility to control or regulate other people. Our best approach, in trying to influence others actions, is simply to state our own case with sincerity and honesty. Others must be free to act free and free to make their own decisions without manipulative interference on our part.
4) “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
-Von Goethe