DAILY REFLECTIONS SEPTEMBER 10 RECOVERY BY PROXY? They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS p. 84 Sometimes I think: “Making these amends is going too far! No one should […]
Richie v2.0
Since September 5, 2015
September 9
Daily Reflections September 9 OPENING NEW DOORS THEY [THE PROMISES] ARE BEING FULFILLED AMONG US – SOMETIMES QUICKLY, SOMETIMES SLOWLY. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 84 The Promises talked about in this passage are slowly coming to […]
September 8
Daily Reflections September 8 “WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION” WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION AND CARE WITH COMPLETE ABANDON. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 59 I could not manage life alone. I had tried that road and failed. My […]
September 7
Took the day off. We got our ac back by noon so checked out fine but I needed a true day to myself to catch up and catch my breath. Plus Jimmy went to the […]
September 6
I just opened a greeting card from Barb “do not open until Sept 5th”. With all the chaos being out of the house and without air conditioning, hotel living, I forgot to open it yesterday. […]
September 5
Daily Reflections September 5 EMOTIONAL BALANCE Made direct amends to such people wherever possible. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 83 When I survey my drinking days, I recall many people whom my life […]
September 4
My birthday. 49 years old, wow. I can’t believe it. Tonight we will have cake from Milkboy in NY and dine at Mikado in Cherry Hill with good friends. I am a very lucky man. […]
September 3
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 3 BUILDING A NEW LIFE, p.255 We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough.-Alcoholics Anonymous, p.82 When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be […]
September 2
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 02, 2012 FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE” The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development.—As Bill Sees It, p.171 A line from a song goes, “ … and I look […]
September 1
Daily Reflections September 1 WILLINGNESS TO GROW If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. -As Bill Sees It, p.8 Sobriety fills the painful “hole in the soul” that my […]