August 17

Daily ReflectionsAugust 17  RIGHTING THE HARM In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. […]

August 16

Daily ReflectionsAugust 16  “I HAD DROPPED OUT” We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have “harmed” other people. What kinds of “harm” do people do one another, anyway? To […]

August 15

Daily ReflectionsAugust 15  DIDN’T WE HURT ANYBODY? Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS […]

August 14

Daily ReflectionsAugust 14  REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many […]

August 13

Daily ReflectionsAugust 13  A CLEAN SWEEP … and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with […]

August 12

Daily ReflectionsAugust 12  A LOOK BACKWARD First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; […]

August 11

Daily ReflectionsAugust 11  REMOVING “THE GROUND GLASS” The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. […]

August 10

Daily ReflectionsAugust 10 REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many […]

August 9

Daily ReflectionsAugust 9  “ … OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED” “ … and became willing to make amends to them all.”TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 One of the key words in the […]

August 8

Daily ReflectionsAugust 8  “MADE A LIST … ” Made a list of all persons we had harmed.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS  p. 77 When I approached the Eighth Step, I wondered how I could list […]