TOPICS 6/4/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) Carefully reading the first five proposal. We ask if we have admitted anything, but we are building an arch which we shall walk a freeman at last… are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things we should we have admitted are objectionable?
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 75, 76
The Sixth Step is the last “preparation “ Step. Although I have already used prayer extensively, I have made no formal request in the first Six Steps. I have identified my problem, come to believe that there is a solution, made a decision to seek this solution, and have “cleaned house.” I now ask: Am I willing to live a life of sobriety, of change, to let go of my old self? I must determine if I am truly ready to change. I review what I have done and become willing for God to remove all my defect of characters; for in the next Step, I will tell my Creator I am willing and will ask for help. If I have been thorough in the preparation of my foundation and feel that I am willing to change, I am then ready to continue with the next Step. “If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.”
KEEP IT SIMPLE
2) “We cannot solve life’s problems except by solving them.”
-M. Scott Peck
Before getting into the program, we ran from problems at all cost. As time went on, we had more problems. As our problems grew, we became afraid of life. The program-the Twelve Steps-teaches us how to face and solve our problems. We stopped running and stand up to problems. That way, life’s problems scare us less and less overtime. In fact, life‘s problems help us better know our Higher Power and ourselves. We now know our Higher Power is with us every step of the way.
DAILY INSPIRATION
3) The more you think about the little difficulties in life, the bigger they become, and still, nothing is resolved. Lord, may I let go of those problems that I cannot solve and resolve quickly those things that I can. It is important to remember the different can be better. Lord, as I resist change and cling to the familiar, help me to remember that Your plan is perfect and will truly make me happy.
POCKET SPONSOR
4) Humility is not so much thinking less of yourself as it is thinking of yourself less. True humility is accepting myself without embellishment and without embarrassment.