Voices of Recovery: A Daily Reader December 31 “A life of ‘sane and happy usefulness’ is what we are promised as the result of working the Twelve Steps.” —The Tools of Recovery, p. 6 “Who […]
Since September 5, 2015
Month: December 2024
December 30
Daily Reflections December 30 ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along […]
December 29
Daily Reflections December 29 THE JOY OF LIVING … therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.’s Twelfth Step. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 A.A. is a joyful program! Even […]
December 28
Daily Reflections December 28 SUIT UP AND SHOW UP In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety – we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that […]
December 27
Daily Reflections December 27 PROBLEM SOLVING “Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have […]
December 26
Daily Reflections December 26 ACCEPTING SUCCESS OR FAILURE Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept […]
December 25
Daily Reflections December 25 AT PEACE WITH LIFE Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. “How can I best serve Thee – Thy […]
December 24
Daily Reflections December 24 A “SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS” We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly […]
December 23
Daily Reflections December 23 RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE Our Twelfth Step – carrying the message – is the basic service that AA’s Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. […]
December 22
Daily Reflections December 22 PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES The way our “worthy” alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the “less worthy” is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic […]