Daily Reflections April 29 GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original “long form,” Tradition Four declares: “Any two or three gathered […]
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April 28
Daily Reflections April 28 TWO “MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS” All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence […]
April 27
Daily Reflections April 27 JOYFUL DISCOVERIES We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day […]
April 26
Daily Reflections April 26 HAPPINESS IS NOT THE POINT I don’t think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them and transmit […]
April 25
Daily Reflections April 25 ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try […]
April 24
Daily Reflections April 24 LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were surrounded by people who loved us. We were trying to find emotional security either by dominating or by […]
April 23
Daily Reflections April 23 A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A.A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. –AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my […]
April 22
Daily Reflections April 22 NEW SOIL … NEW ROOTS Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will […]
April 21
Daily Reflections April 21 CULTIVATING FAITH “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. […]
April 20
Daily Reflections April 20 SELF-EXAMINATION … we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. –ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 When said sincerely, this prayer teaches […]