Author: richieboo

May 8

Daily ReflectionsMay 8 A RESTING PLACE All of A.A.’s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires … they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are […]

May 7

Daily ReflectionsMay 7 RESPECT FOR OTHERS Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.-ALCOHOLICS […]

May 6

Daily Reflections May 6 “HOLD BACK NOTHING” The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. […]

May 5

Daily Reflections May 5 “THE FOREST AND THE TREES” … what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we […]

May 3

Daily Reflections May 3 CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn’t seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long […]

May 2

Daily Reflections May 2 LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have – the key to life and happiness for others. With […]

May 1

Daily Reflections May 1 HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true […]

April 30

Daily Reflections April 30 A GREAT PARADOX These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like […]

April 29

Daily Reflections April 29 GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original “long form,” Tradition Four declares: “Any two or three gathered […]

April 28

Daily Reflections April 28 TWO “MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS” All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence […]