TOPICS 6/20/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain.
-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 61
Most of my decisions were based on fear. Alcohol made life easier to face, but the time
came when alcohol was no longer an alternative to fear. One of the greatest gifts in AA for me has been the courage to take action, which I can do with God‘s help. After five years of sobriety, I had to deal with a heavy dose of fear. God put the people in my life to help me do that, and, through my working the Twelve Steps, I’m becoming the whole person I wish to be and, for that, I am deeply grateful.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
2) “Order is heaven’s first law.”
-Alexander Pope
We need order in our lives. It makes life simpler for us. Life without order would be like driving in a large city without traffic signals. Our lives as addicts were like this. We lived with no plan, no order. Now that we’re sober, we can put some order in our lives. We can get up every morning. We can make our beds and be on time for work. These things make life so much easier and nicer, we need this order. It allows us to depend on ourselves.
3) “A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is, but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
-Jonathon Swift
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4) Trying to pray is praying, even when we aren’t exactly sure what God wants from us. Trying means we have the desire to communicate with the Divine Source. Even if no words come, just hitting your knees means a prayer has occurred. My healing begins in kneeling.