TOPICS 1/20/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87
POWER IN THE PAUSE
2) Most alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve their problems
BB pg. 43
I tried outsmart my drinking but there came a time when I knew there was no outsmarting it. Alcohol had me. I needed every drink, lie, pill, you name it, when I finally surrendered, on my knees.
GOD GRANT ME…
3) Every passage has its price
– Meredith Ann Price
Our life of active addiction had a price, and we paid it. It asked us for our dignity, and we gave it up. It asked for our relationships, and we gave them up. It asked for our self- respect; we gave that up to.
Recovery will also ask us to ante up. We will need to surrender our wills and lives to a Higher Power. We will need to go to meetings, even when we don’t want to. We will have to work hard and help others who still suffer. Yes every passage has its price, even recovery.
FORGIVING AND MOVING ON
4) Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
-Sam Levenson
Things can be basically good but if there is one thing going wrong that is what will occupy my attention. At one time in life I lost happiness, and since then I have never trusted life enough to relax and accept good and grace. I want to trust that my days are meant for me to enjoy as I did when I was a child before I learned differently. I want to trust life as I did when I was young.