TOPICS 5/22/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) WE…(The first word of the First Step)
12 AND 12, p. 21
When I was drinking all I could ever think about was “I, I, I,” or “Me, Me, Me.” Such painful obsessions of self, such soul sickness, such spiritual selfishness, bound me to the bottle for more than half my life. The journey to find God to do His well one day at a time began with the first word of the First Step…”We.” There was power in numbers, there were strength in numbers, there were safety in numbers, and for an alcoholic like me there was life in numbers, if I had tried to recover alone, I probably would’ve died. With God and another alcoholic, I have a divine purpose in my life…. I have become a channel for God‘s healing love.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
2) “Showing up in 80 percent of life.”-Woody Allen
Life is full of things we don’t want to do. Yet when all parts of us (mind, body, spirit) show up, things go OK. By being there, we can learn about ourselves and help others. Showing up means we care about our program. It means we speak up at meetings. It means we care about our family, our friends, the world. It means we listen when a friend has a bad day. It means seeing ourselves in others. It means we talk to someone who bothers us. Showing up means we laugh when something seems funny. It means we cry when we feel sad. We are important and we need to bring our mind, body, and spirit with us wherever we go. Have I learned to show up, all of me?
12 AND 12, pp. 10-11
3) Better do one thing well than many badly. The life of our Fellowship depends on this principle. The ability of each AA to identify himself with and bring recovery to the Newcomer is a gift from God… passing on this gift to others is our one aim. Sobriety can’t be kept unless it is given away.
DAILY INSPIRATION
4) To be happy, we must live in the present. Living in the past, often brings painful memories and living in the future can bring worry and fear. Lord, when my thoughts slip away, help me quickly return my attention to where I am at this moment. God is always at work in your life. Notice His light on the events of your day. Lord, I sometimes look without really seeing. Help me to pause and notice.