DAILY REFLECTIONS
Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead.
-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83
God did for me what I could not do for myself, by removing that gnawing compulsion to drink. He grants me a daily reprieve and will provide the power I need for reconstruction.
WE AGNOSTICS BB PG. 46
We need to ask ourselves but on short question. “Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?” As soon as a person can say that they do believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure them that they is on their way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built.
WORKING WITH OTHERS - BB pg. 89
This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill.
Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, this is an experience you must not miss. Frequent contact with newcomers and deach other is the bright spot of our lives.
INTO ACTION BB PG. 83
The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. Unless one expresses their desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not urge them. Our behavior will convince them more than our words. We must remember that ten or twenty years of drunkenness would make a skeptic out of anyone. There may be some wrongs we can never fully right. We don’t worry about them if we can honestly say to ourselves that we would right them if we could. Some people cannot be seen – we send them an honest letter. And there may be a valid reason for postponement in some cases but we don’t delay if it can be avioded.
As God’s people we stand on our feet; we don’t crawl before anyone.