Category: daily readings

September 24

DAILY REFLECTIONS SEPTEMBER 24 VIGILANCE We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.” Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as […]

September 23

Daily Reflections September 23 “I WAS AN EXCEPTION” He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, “Do you think that you are one of us?” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I […]

September 22

Daily Reflections September 22 A “LIMITLESS LODE” Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no […]

September 21

Daily Reflections September 21 THE LAST PROMISE We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 The last Promise in the Big Book […]

September 20

Daily Reflections September 20 H.P. AS GUIDE See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for […]

September 19

Hump day. Asked Johnny to come to Tansboro last Sunday of this month to give me my coin. Got to the Cherry Hill meeting at noon, at the Unitarian church. Felt I needed it, and […]

September 18

Daily Reflections September 18 LOVED BACK TO RECOVERY Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the […]

September 17

Daily Reflections September 17 FREEDOM FROM FEAR When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears […]

September 16

Daily Reflections September 16 WE STAND–OR FALL–TOGETHER … no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics see that we must work together and […]

September 15

Daily Reflections September 15 A NEW LIFE Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. Life will mean something at last. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. […]