Daily Reflections May 11 A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn’t belong. -TWELVE STEPS […]
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Since September 5, 2015
May 10
Daily Reflections May 10 FREE AT LAST Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility – a word often misunderstood … it amounts to a clear recognition […]
May 9
Daily Reflections May 9 WALKING THROUGH FEAR If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 When I had taken my […]
May 8
Daily ReflectionsMay 8 A RESTING PLACE All of A.A.’s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires … they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are […]
May 7
Daily ReflectionsMay 7 RESPECT FOR OTHERS Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.-ALCOHOLICS […]
May 6
Daily Reflections May 6 “HOLD BACK NOTHING” The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. […]
May 5
Daily Reflections May 5 “THE FOREST AND THE TREES” … what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we […]
May 3
Daily Reflections May 3 CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn’t seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long […]
May 2
Daily Reflections May 2 LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have – the key to life and happiness for others. With […]
May 1
Daily Reflections May 1 HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true […]