Daily Reflections October 9 A SPIRITUAL AXIOM It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. -12 & 12, p. 90 I […]
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October 8
Daily Reflections October 8 DAILY INVENTORY … and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. New friends were […]
October 7
Daily Reflections DAILY MONITORING Continued to take personal inventory. –TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Step–”every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there […]
October 6
Daily Reflections FACING OURSELVES . . . . and Fear says, “You dare not look!”TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared […]
October 5
Daily Reflections October 5 YESTERDAY’S BAGGAGE For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept […]
October 4
Daily ReflectionsOctober 4 A NECESSARY PRUNING … we know that the pains of drinking had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 94 I love spending time in […]
October 3
Daily ReflectionsOctober 3 SERENITY AFTER THE STORM Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.’s can agree with him.-TWELVE STEPS […]
October 2
Daily Reflections October 2 THE ACID TEST As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our […]
October 1
Daily Reflections October 1 LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol […]
September 30
Daily Reflections THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.’s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we […]