TOPICS 9/6/25
DAILY REFLECTIONS
… except when to do so would injure them or others.
-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 59
TWENTY- FOUR HOURS A DAY
“Live and Let Live.”
We cannot afford the luxury of being intolerant or critical of other people. We do not try to impose our wills on those who differ from us. We are not “holier than thou.” We do not have all the answers. We live the best way we can and we allow others to do likewise. Am I willing to live and let live?
WALK IN DRY PLACES
Despite the fact that many of us live turbulent, chaotic lives, we may find in sobriety that we don’t like change. Our resistance to change may simply be the fear of trying something new.
While we view change as risky, it may be the necessary route for improvement. Let’s start by simply accepting the idea that change is sometimes necessary. After that, we can expect our Higher Power to guide us to the new situations that are right for us.
FATHER LEO’S DAILY MEDITATIONS
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fear is a killer. It is a killer because it drains us of life, energy and creativity. Fear petrifies the human spirit.
I did not realize that I was feeding the fear with my behavior. I drank myself into fear. The day I stopped drinking alcohol was the day I stopped giving energy to my fear.
A DAY AT A TIME
During acute depression,” wrote A.A. co-founder Bill W., “avoid trying to set your whole life in order at once. If you take on assignments so heavy that you are sure to fail in them at the moment, then you are allowing yourself to be tricked by your unconscious.
In short, the ‘all or nothing’ attitude is a most destructive one. It is best to begin with whatever the irreducible minimums of activity are. Then work for an enlargement of these — day by day.”