Daily Reflections January 13 IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT “We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.” —ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The […]

Daily Reflections January 12 ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is […]

Daily Reflections January 11 THE 100% STEP “Only Step One, where we made the 100% admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection.” —TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68 Long […]

Daily Reflections January 10 UNITED WE STAND We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other […]

Daily Reflections January 9 AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of […]

Daily Reflections January 8 DO I HAVE A CHOICE? The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically nonexistent. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, […]

Daily Reflections January 7 AT THE TURNING POINT Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 Every day I […]

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 […]

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 […]