Category: daily readings

April 25

Daily Reflections April 25 ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try […]

April 24

Daily Reflections April 24 LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were surrounded by people who loved us. We were trying to find emotional security either by dominating or by […]

April 23

Daily Reflections April 23 A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A.A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. –AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my […]

April 22

Daily Reflections April 22 NEW SOIL … NEW ROOTS Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will […]

April 21

Daily Reflections April 21 CULTIVATING FAITH “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. […]

April 20

Daily Reflections April 20 SELF-EXAMINATION … we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. –ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 When said sincerely, this prayer teaches […]

April 19

Daily Reflections April 19 BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. –AS BILL […]

April 18

Daily Reflections April 18 SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and […]

April 17

Daily Reflections April 17 LOVE AND FEAR AS OPPOSITES “All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right.” —TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 “Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no […]

April 16

Daily Reflections April 16 ANGER: A “DUBIOUS LUXURY” If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury […]