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 […]
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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 […]
December 21
Daily Reflections December 21 LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY “When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if […]
December 20
Daily Reflections December 20 THE REWARDS OF GIVING “This is, indeed, the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And […]
December 19
Daily Reflections December 19 UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, […]
December 18
Daily Reflections December 18 HONESTY WITH NEWCOMERS “Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to […]
December 17
Daily Reflections December 17 A PRICELESS REWARD ” … work with other alcoholics … It works when other activities fail.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 “Life will take on a new meaning,” as the Big Book […]
December 16
Daily Reflections December 16 PARTNERS IN RECOVERY ” … nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics … Both you and the new man must walk day by day […]