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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Daily Reflections April 15 THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS … harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. –AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been […]