TOPICS – 10 / 15 / 2025
1) MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS
Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize; we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 67
2) CALAMITY WITH SERENITY
Perhaps there is a better way – we think so. For we are now on a different basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 68
3) LOVE YOURSELF
“The goal isn’t just to be sober. The goal is to love yourself so much that you don’t need to drink.”
4) TWELVE & TWELVE
“An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.”