Daily Reflections September 8 “WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION” WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION AND CARE WITH COMPLETE ABANDON. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 59 I could not manage life alone. I had tried that road and failed. My […]
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Since September 5, 2015
September 7
Took the day off. We got our ac back by noon so checked out fine but I needed a true day to myself to catch up and catch my breath. Plus Jimmy went to the […]
September 6
I just opened a greeting card from Barb “do not open until Sept 5th”. With all the chaos being out of the house and without air conditioning, hotel living, I forgot to open it yesterday. […]
September 5
Daily Reflections September 5 EMOTIONAL BALANCE Made direct amends to such people wherever possible. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 83 When I survey my drinking days, I recall many people whom my life […]
September 4
My birthday. 49 years old, wow. I can’t believe it. Tonight we will have cake from Milkboy in NY and dine at Mikado in Cherry Hill with good friends. I am a very lucky man. […]
September 3
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 3 BUILDING A NEW LIFE, p.255 We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough.-Alcoholics Anonymous, p.82 When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be […]
September 2
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 02, 2012 FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE” The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development.—As Bill Sees It, p.171 A line from a song goes, “ … and I look […]
September 1
Daily Reflections September 1 WILLINGNESS TO GROW If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. -As Bill Sees It, p.8 Sobriety fills the painful “hole in the soul” that my […]
August 31
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 […]
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 […]