TOPICS 7/4/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) …. deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by poem, by worship of other things, but in some form or other, it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstration of that power of human lives, are facts as old as man himself.
-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 55
I have seen the workings of the unseen God in AA rooms around the country. Miracles of recovery are everywhere in evidence. I now believe that God is in these rooms and in my heart. Today faith is as natural to me, a former agnostic, as breathing, eating and sleeping. The Twelve Steps have helped to change my life in many ways, but none is more effective than the acquisition of a Higher Power.
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2) “I have a dream.”
Martin Luther King
During our addiction, maybe we dreamed of joy and laughter with our family, only to find tears and anger. Maybe we dreamed of respect at our job – only to be fired. Our dreams begin to feel like burdens. We had lost hope. With recovery, the hope starts return. We start to trust ourselves again. We start to trust others again. We start to trust in our Higher Power. Overtime, we even dare to dream again. In our dreams, we are loving people. We have something to offer others. We are not scared. This is a sign that hope it’s returning. We fall in love again with the world, our Higher Power, and ourselves.
3) “Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.”
-Albert Camus
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4) We make two great choices in life: one, the decision to get clean and sober; the other, the choice to stay that way. God, as I understand, you, help me stay away from that first fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort for this hour.