TOPICS 5/14/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives… they have turned to easier methods… but they had not learned enough humility…
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 72-73
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 134
2) Though it is traditional that our Fellowship may not coerce anyone, let us not suppose, even for an instant that we are not under constraint. Indeed, we are under enormous coercion, the kind that comes in bottle. Our former tyrant, King Alcohol, always stands ready to clutch us to him. Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the greatest “must“ that has to be achieved, else we go mad or die.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
3) Make yourself an honest person, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.-Thomas Carlyle
Honesty does not mean saying all we think or feel. Many of our thoughts and feelings are only with us for a minute. They are not always the truth. For example, saying to someone you love, “I hate you!“ In the middle of an argument can destroy things. Honesty means living by what is true to us. Then we choose when and how to say things to others. Think of honesty as the air we breathe; it’s what keeps us alive, but it can get polluted and kill. It must be treated with respect and care.
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4) If you don’t deal with your feelings, they’ll deal with you. Whatever you are thinking right now is creating how you feel. One of the best ways to deal with the way you feel is to create positive thoughts. I create positive feelings by thinking positive thoughts.