Category: daily readings

January 3

Daily Reflections January 3 POWERLESS We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: […]

January 2

Daily ReflectionsJanuary 2 FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was […]

January 1

Daily Reflections January 1 “I AM A MIRACLE” The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed […]

December 31

Voices of Recovery: A Daily Reader December 31 “A life of ‘sane and happy usefulness’ is what we are promised as the result of working the Twelve Steps.” —The Tools of Recovery, p. 6 “Who […]

December 30

Daily Reflections December 30 ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along […]

December 29

Daily Reflections December 29 THE JOY OF LIVING … therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.’s Twelfth Step. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 A.A. is a joyful program! Even […]

December 28

Daily Reflections December 28 SUIT UP AND SHOW UP In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety – we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that […]

December 27

Daily Reflections December 27 PROBLEM SOLVING “Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have […]

December 26

Daily Reflections December 26 ACCEPTING SUCCESS OR FAILURE Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept […]

December 25

Daily Reflections December 25 AT PEACE WITH LIFE Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. “How can I best serve Thee – Thy […]