Daily ReflectionsJuly 5 A NEW DIRECTION Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into […]
Since September 5, 2015
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July 4
Daily Reflections July 4 A NATURAL FAITH … deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, […]
July 3
Daily ReflectionsJuly 3 EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. -ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , […]
July 2
Daily Reflections July 2 THE HEART OF TRUE SOBRIETY We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are […]
July 1
Daily Reflections July 1 THE BEST FOR TODAY The principles we have set down are guides to progress. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in […]
June 30
Daily Reflections June 30 SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A. A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions […]
June 29
Daily Reflections June 29 A RIPPLING EFFECT Having learned to live so happily, we’d show everyone else how. Yes, we of A. A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are […]
June 28
Daily Reflections June 28 THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159 If it had not been for the fierce determination […]
June 27
Daily Reflections June 27 CONFORMING TO THE A. A. WAY We obey A. A. ’s Steps and Traditions because we really want them for ourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; […]
June 26
Daily Reflections June 26 A GIFT THAT GROWS WITH TIME For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends […]