Author: richieboo

June 17

Daily Reflections June 17 “DEEP DOWN WITHIN US” We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. Search diligently within yourself … […]

June 16

Daily Reflections June 16 OPEN-MINDEDNESS We have found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the realm of spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive, never exclusive or […]

June 15

Daily Reflections June 15 MAKING A. A. YOUR HIGHER POWER “You can make A. A. itself your ‘higher power. ’ Here’s a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem, many members […]

June 14

Daily Reflections June 14 WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH It is a design for living that works in rough going. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to A. A., I realized that A. A. […]

June 13

Daily Reflections June 13 LIVING OUR AMENDS “Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 […]

June 12

Daily Reflections June 12 FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and […]

June 11

Daily Reflections June 11 FAMILY OBLIGATIONS … a spiritual life which does not include … family obligations may not be so perfect after all. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129 I can be doing great in the […]

June 10

Daily Reflections June 10 IMPATIENT? TRY LEVITATING We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. Following a slow […]

June 9

Daily Reflections June 9 LIVING IN THE NOW First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober — and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, […]

June 8

Daily Reflections June 8 OPENING UP TO CHANGE Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes […]