Category: daily readings

August 15

Daily ReflectionsAugust 15  DIDN’T WE HURT ANYBODY? Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS […]

August 14

Daily ReflectionsAugust 14  REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many […]

August 13

Daily ReflectionsAugust 13  A CLEAN SWEEP … and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with […]

August 12

Daily ReflectionsAugust 12  A LOOK BACKWARD First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; […]

August 11

Daily ReflectionsAugust 11  REMOVING “THE GROUND GLASS” The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. […]

August 10

Daily ReflectionsAugust 10 REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many […]

August 9

Daily ReflectionsAugust 9  “ … OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED” “ … and became willing to make amends to them all.”TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 One of the key words in the […]

August 8

Daily ReflectionsAugust 8  “MADE A LIST … ” Made a list of all persons we had harmed.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS  p. 77 When I approached the Eighth Step, I wondered how I could list […]

August 7

Daily ReflectionsAugust 7  A “DESIGN FOR LIVING” We in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving […]

August 6

Daily ReflectionsAugust 6  DRIVEN Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.-ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 62 My selfishness was the driving […]