TOPICS – August 19
1) Daily Reflections:
A FRAME OF REFERENCE…
Referring to our list [inventory] again. Putting out of our minds the
wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.
Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened?
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 67
2) Prayer For The Day:
I pray that I may worship God by sensing the eternal Spirit. I pray
that I may experience a new power in my life.
3) Each Day a New Beginning:
…to have a crisis and act upon it is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another. –Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Exaggerating the negative element in our lives is familiar behavior for all too many of us. But this obsession is our choice. We can stop at any moment. We can decide to let go of a situation that we can’t control, turn it over to God, and be free to look ahead at the possibilities for happiness.
4) AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote:
We realize some men are thoroughly bad-intentioned, that no amount of patience will make any difference. An alcoholic of this temperament may be quick to use this chapter as a club over your head. Don’t let him get away with it. If you are positive he is one of this type you may feel you had better leave. Is it right to let him ruin your life and the lives of your children? Especially when he has before him a way to stop his drinking and abuse if he really wants to pay the price. – Pg. 108 – To Wives