Daily Reflections December 22 PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES The way our “worthy” alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the “less worthy” is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic […]

Daily Reflections December 21 LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY “When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if […]

Daily Reflections December 20 THE REWARDS OF GIVING “This is, indeed, the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And […]

Daily Reflections December 19 UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, […]

Daily Reflections December 18 HONESTY WITH NEWCOMERS “Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to […]

Daily Reflections December 17 A PRICELESS REWARD ” … work with other alcoholics … It works when other activities fail.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 “Life will take on a new meaning,” as the Big Book […]

Daily Reflections December 16 PARTNERS IN RECOVERY ” … nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics … Both you and the new man must walk day by day […]

Daily Reflections December 15 DOING ANYTHING TO HELP Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 I […]

Daily Reflections December 14 REACHING OUT Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with […]

Daily Reflections December 13 THINKING OF OTHERS Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others […]