TOPICS – 6 / 1 / 2025
- A CHANGED OUTLOOK
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
When I was drinking, my attitude was totally selfish, totally self-centered; my pleasure and my comfort came first. Now that I am sober, self-seeking has started to slip away. My whole attitude toward life and other people is changing. For me, the first “A” in our name stands for attitude. My attitude is changed by the second “A” in our name, which stands for action. By working the Steps, attending meetings, and carrying the message, I can be restored to sanity. Action is the magic word!
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
- PROPER USE OF WILLPOWER
“Well, you can’t directly achieve sobriety through your own willpower, but it takes willpower to go to meetings. It takes willpower to buy the Big Book and read it. It takes willpower to do the steps. I have to make this choice. So, Bill puts in the Twelve and Twelve that this is the proper use of the will, to bring it in harmony with that of our Higher Power.”
SANDY BEACH – AA SPEAKER
- THE ICING ON THE CAKE
When we have had a spiritual awakening as a result of our efforts we are finally able to do, feel, and believe that which we could not do before. This gift, which is a new state of consciousness and being, is really the icing on the cake of sobriety.
On a daily basis we have the opportunity to put into practice things that we are finally in possession of: a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love. Practicing the 12 steps in all our affairs, trusting a higher power, cleaning house, sharing our experience strength and hope, staying active in service one day at a time, for the rest of our life…is like eating cake, with icing, everyday.
ANONYMOUS
- STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN
“Move and the way will open.”
ZEN PROVERB