TOPICS 10/30/2026
DAILY REFLECTIONS
1) Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world. This, however, has been no earned virtue. It could almost be said that we were born with it…”So long as we don’t argue these matters privately, it’s a cinch we never shall publicly.”
-12 and 12, p. 176
WALK IN DRY PLACES
2) Newcomers in AA are urge to “stick with the winners.“ But who is a winner? A winner in AA is one who finds sobriety and represents principles that help others find and maintain sobriety. Any person who can help others as a winner. The losers are people who don’t make enough of a commitment to find and maintain sobriety. It may not be their fault. On the other hand, some losers eventually become winners. It is not our purpose to apply ratings to various individuals, whether they’re winners or losers. We must know, however, that we cannot benefit from the suggestions of people who do not stay sober. We are looking for the path of recovery, not the road to ruin. The winners are people who can help us in our recovery. I’ll spend as much time as possible with people who want to stay sober. I have no intention of joining anyone on the road to ruin.
BIG BOOK QUOTE
3) It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worthwhile. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings, we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us to drink is to die.
POWER IN THE PAUSE
4) Emotional turmoil means growth is coming.