Daily Reflections March 3 OVERCOMING SELF-WILL So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though […]

Daily Reflections March 2 HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, […]

Daily Reflections March 1 IT WORKS It works — it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 Twenty-Four Hours A Day March 1 A.A. Thought For The Day When I find myself thinking about taking a […]

Daily Reflections February 28 WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues … our friends gasp and […]

Daily Reflections February 27 A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may […]

Daily Reflections February 26 NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES […]

Daily Reflections February 25 THE CHALLENGE OF FAILURE In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is. AS BILL SEES IT, p. […]

Daily Reflections May 20 Daily Reflection February 24 A THANKFUL HEART “I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat […]

Daily Reflections February 23 MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new one. […]