Topics
August 20
1. Daily Reflections
TOWARD EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always
been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no
field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable
rewards than this one.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 80
2. A.A. Thought For The Day
“When many hundreds of people are able to say that the
consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important fact of
their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.
When we see others solve their problems by simple reliance upon
some Spirit of the universe, we have to stop doubting the power of
God. Our ideas did not work, but the God-idea does. Deep down in
every man, woman, and child is the fundamental idea of God. Faith
in a Power greater than ourselves and miraculous demonstrations of
that power in our lives are facts as old as the human race.” Am I
willing to rely on the Spirit of the universe?
3. As Bill Sees It
The Value of Human Will, p. 232
Indeed, all of A.A.’s Twelve Steps require our sustained and
personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to
God’s will.
12 & 12, p. 40
4. 4 paradoxes of AA
a. We surrender to win
b. We give away to keep
c. We suffer to get well
d. We die to live
Taken from the story in the 2nd Edition of Big Book “The Professor and the Paradox.” Reprinted in Experience,Strength, and Hope PP.155-56