TOPICS 5/20/2026
1) ONE SAY AT A TIME
Above all, take it one day at a time.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 11
Why do I kid myself that I must stay away from a drink for only one day, when I know perfectly well I must never drink again as long as I live? I am not kidding myself because one day at a time is probably the only way I can reach the long range objective of staying sober. If I determine that I shall never drink again as long as I live, I set myself up. How can I be sure I won’t drink when I have no idea what the future may hold? On a day at a time basis, I am confident I can stay away from a drink for one day. So I set out with confidence. At the end of the day, I have the reward of achievement. Achievement feels good and that makes me want more!
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140
2) The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
3) And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 15:14.
The Twelve Step programs are sometimes called self-help programs. But they’re not really, because we all help each other. We don’t stay sober by ourselves. Sometimes we call Twelve Step programs peer programs. And they are. All of us equal. No one is an expert. But we need to be careful who we choose for a sponsor. We don’t need to find someone who has been sober longer than us. Someone who understands the Steps. Someone who lives by them. Someone we want to be like. We need to stick with the winners.
4)”A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order for that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
-Johann Von Goethe