Daily Reflections June 15 MAKING A. A. YOUR HIGHER POWER “You can make A. A. itself your ‘higher power. ’ Here’s a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem, many members […]
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June 14
Daily Reflections June 14 WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH It is a design for living that works in rough going. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to A. A., I realized that A. A. […]
June 13
Daily Reflections June 13 LIVING OUR AMENDS “Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 […]
June 12
Daily Reflections June 12 FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and […]
June 11
Daily Reflections June 11 FAMILY OBLIGATIONS … a spiritual life which does not include … family obligations may not be so perfect after all. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129 I can be doing great in the […]
June 10
Daily Reflections June 10 IMPATIENT? TRY LEVITATING We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. Following a slow […]
June 9
Daily Reflections June 9 LIVING IN THE NOW First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober — and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, […]
June 8
Daily Reflections June 8 OPENING UP TO CHANGE Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes […]
June 7
Daily Reflections June 7 LONG-TERM HOPE Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn’t strange that we often let these far exceed their intended purpose. When they drive us […]
June 6
Daily Reflections June 6 ALL WE DO IS TRY Can He now take them all—every one? -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 In doing Step Six it helped me a lot to remember that I am striving […]