*TOPICS* 8/20/25💌
*DAILY REFLECTIONS*
1) 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
I felt forgiveness toward others after I became aware of my part in the difficulties of relationships. I wanted to feel the peace and serenity described in the Promises. In order to restore my relationships, I knew I would have to change. I wanted to learn to live in harmony with myself and others so that I could also live in emotional freedom. The beginning of the end to my isolation – from my fellows and from God – came when I wrote my Eighth Step list.
*QUOTE BY: NIDO QUBEIN*
2)“For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting.”
- *WALK IN DRY PLACES*
3) Though real sobriety means all loss of desire to drink, it’s not uncommon to have moments when the old life takes on a sudden appeal.
Such a false feeling will always pass if we let ourselves remember what happened to us and why we needed to seek recovery. We cannot have this rush of feeling when we remember the misery, despair, and other pain from that part of our lives.
*EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING*
4) Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery.—Katherine Mansfiel
Every day offers me many opportunities to grow in acceptance and thus blessings. I can accept any condition today and understand it as an opportunity to take another step toward serenity, eternal and whole.