Category: daily readings

May 28

Daily Reflections May 28 EQUAL RIGHTS At one time or another most A. A. groups go on rule making benders. After a time fear and intolerance subside. [and we realize] We do not wish to […]

May 27

Daily Reflections May 27 NO MAUDLIN GUILT Day by day, we try to move a little toward God’s perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt … -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 15 […]

May 26

Daily Reflections May 26 TURNING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE Our spiritual and emotional growth in A. A. does not depend so deeply upon success as it does upon our failures and setbacks. If you will bear […]

May 25

Daily Reflections May 25 PROGRESSIVE GRATITUDE Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a second chance to live […]

May 24

Daily Reflections May 24 “HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE” We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though […]

May 23

Daily Reflections May 23 SPIRITUAL HEALTH When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 64 It is very difficult for me to come to terms with my spiritual […]

May 22

Daily Reflections May 22 STEP ONE We …. (The first word of the First Step) TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 When I was drinking all I could ever think about was “I, I, […]

May 21

Daily Reflections May 21 A LIST OF BLESSINGS One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings … -AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to […]

May 20

Daily Reflections May 20 ONE DAY AT A TIME Above all, take it one day at a time. -AS BILL SEES IT, p.11 Why do I kid myself that I must stay away from a […]

May 19

Daily Reflections May 19 GIVING WITHOUT STRINGS And he well knows that his own life has been made richer, as an extra dividend of giving to another without any demand for a return. -AS BILL […]