TOPICS 6/21/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be holy completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition of insecurity, we shall all react to the same emotion – well or badly, as the case may be. Only the self deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.
-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 263
Fear has caused suffering when I could’ve had more faith. There are times when fear suddenly tears me apart, just when I’m experiencing feelings of joy, happiness, and the lightness of heart. Faith and the feeling of self-worth toward a Higher Power-helps me endure tragedy and ecstasy. When I choose to give all of my fears over to my Higher Power, I will be free.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
2) “The future is much like the present, only longer.”
-Dan Quisenberry
In many ways, we don’t know what the future holds. But in terms of recovery, we know the future holds the Twelve Steps. They will be with us for life. We should never fall into the trap of thinking we “know” the program. We never know all the truth and love the Steps hold for us. “Knowing the Steps” is a project we’ll never finish. As we change, the Steps change. As the seasons come and go, the same field or the same tree becomes a different picture.
3) “It is in the silence of the heart that God speaks.”
-Mother Teresa
POCKET SPONSOR
4) There is a difference between sharing our experience and imposing our opinions on someone. A sure way to set yourself up for a ‘slip’ is to be convinced that others will slip if they don’t listen to your opinion. When my opinion means more to me than my sobriety, I set myself up for a SLIP (Sobriety Loses Its Priority).