Author: richieboo

October 25

Daily Reflections October 25 A.A.’s HEARTBEAT Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily […]

October 24

Daily Reflections October 24 “BY FAITH AND BY WORKS” God has allowed me the right to be wrong in order for our Fellowship to exist as it does today. If I place God’s will first […]

October 23

Daily Reflections October 23 WHAT WE KNOW BEST “Shoemaker, stick to thy last!” … better do one thing supremely well than many badly.  That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our […]

October 22

Daily Reflections October 22 TRUE TOLERANCE Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see […]

October 21

Daily ReflectionsOctober 21 NOTHING GROWS IN THE DARK “We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow.”–AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 With […]

October 20

Daily Reflections October 20 SOLACE FOR CONFUSION Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain […]

October 19

Daily Reflections October 19 A. A.’S “MAIN TAPROOT” The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and […]

October 18

Daily ReflectionsOctober 18 AN OPEN MIND “True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith …”–TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that I could control […]

October 17

Daily ReflectionsOctober 17 A DAILY TUNE-UP “Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? […]

October 16

Daily ReflectionOctober 16  THROUGHOUT EACH DAY “This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 During my early years in A.A. I saw Step Ten as a suggestion that […]