*TOPICS* 7/26/25
*DAILY REFLECTIONS*
1)Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
-TWELVE AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 160
*KEEP IT SIMPLE*
2)I was never less alone when by myself.
—Edward Gibson
To stay in this program, we need to accept that we have an illness. We need to accept that we were out of control. And we need to accept that we need others and they need us. At times, we won’t want to accept these facts. We will want to deny we have an illness and our lives were out of control.
By helping others, we learn about the give-and-take of human relationships. There is no give-an-take in addiction. There is just take. Now, finally, we can give too!
*FATHER LEO’S DAILY MEDITATION*
3)Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.”
–Horace
Today adversity is part of life and part of being human. Not to grow through adversity is to die. To have everything is to experience nothing. To feel in life — to have emotion — demands adversity and pain.
Teach me to be grateful for the suffering that leads to growth.
*ONE DAY AT A TIME*
4)A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
–Francis Bacon
There is a promise that more will be revealed as we trudge the road of happy destiny. We all start by building on the basics, the foundation that must be in place.
When my mind was opened to spiritual principles, I received much more than that I was seeking. My thoughts were lifted to a much higher plane of ethics.
We can all learn truth if we will open our hearts and minds. We will then be without excuse not to exercise every opportunity to practice it.