Daily Reflections July 17 SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATION My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine […]
Since September 5, 2015
Author: richieboo
July 16
Daily ReflectionsJuly 16 “A MEASURE OF HUMILITY” In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure […]
July 15
Daily Reflections July 15 PRIDE For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. […]
July 14
Daily ReflectionsJuly 14 A NOURISHING INGREDIENT, p.204 Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity.-12 & 12, p.74 […]
July 13
Daily ReflectionsJuly 13 HUMILITY IS A GIFT, p.203 As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire […]
July 12
Daily ReflectionsJuly 12 GIVING UP CENTER STAGE, p.202 For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. . . Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, […]
July 11
Daily ReflectionsJuly 11 A TURNING POINT, p.301 A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.-12 & 12, p.75 […]
July 10
Daily Reflections July 10 TOWARD PEACE AND SERENITY … when we have taken a square look at some of these defects, have discussed them with another, and have become willing to have them removed, our […]
July 9
Daily ReflectionsJuly 9 I AM AN INSTRUMENT Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.-12 & 12, p.70 The subject of humility is a difficult one. Humility is not thinking less of myself than I ought […]
July 8
Daily Reflections July 8 AN EVER-GROWING FREEDOM, p. 198 The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward […]