Daily Reflections January 6 THE VICTORY OF SURRENDER We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out […]
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January 5
Daily Reflections January 5 TOTAL ACCEPTANCE He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few […]
January 4
Daily Reflections January 4 BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations […]
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 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 […]