TOPICS 11/5/25
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) This has to do with the quality of faith. In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves. We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, “Grant me my wishes” instead of “Thy will be done.”
-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.32
GRANT US…
2) We thought alcohol could give us courage. What we got was a way to deny our fear.
Fear serves a good purpose. It helps us realize that some things are bigger than we are and that we need help to face them.
SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS pg. 13
3) An awakening of the spirit defies definition and requires faith, says one writer, though sometimes eve intense pursuit of it can of itself by the root of our troubles, says another. But probably all of us will agree with that one AA who observes that however you look at it, a spiritual awakening “flowers from the cultivating of all of AA’s Twelve Steps. “
ONE DAY AT A TIME
4) OTHERS
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street I met a man who had no feet.
-Denis Waitely
I find that when I am stuck or feeling sorry for myself I just need to reach out and help someone who is worse off than me.