Daily ReflectionsAugust 31 A UNIQUE PROGRAM Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words “Freely ye have received, freely give.” We have discovered that at the […]
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August 29
Daily Reflections August 29 I CHOOSE ANONYMITY We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have. -12 & 12, p.187 Since there are no rules in […]
August 28
Daily Reflections August 28 LIGHTENING THE BURDEN Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. The dark past is the […]
August 27
Daily ReflectionsAugust 27 CENTERING OUR THOUGHTS When World War II broke out, our A.A. dependence on a Higher Power had its first major test. A.A.’s entered the services and were scattered all over the world. […]
August 26
Daily Reflections August 26 GIVING IT AWAY Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves […]
August 25
Daily ReflectionsAugust 25 THE GIFT OF BONDING Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 63 Many times in my alcoholic state, I drank to establish […]
August 24
Daily Reflections August 24 A RIDDLE THAT WORKS It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiences such as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own and have succeeded only in […]
August 23
Daily ReflectionsAugust 23 BRINGING THE MESSAGE HOME Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group?-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , […]
August 22
Daily Reflections August 22 SEEKING EMOTIONAL STABILITY, p.243 When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, […]
August 21
Daily ReflectionsAugust 21 WE JUST TRY, p.242 My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.-The Best Of Bill, pp. 46-47 As long as I try, with all my […]