May 17

Daily Reflections May 17 … AND FORGIVE Under very trying conditions I have had, again and again, to forgive others–also myself. -AS BILL SEE IT p. 268 Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others are […]

May 16

Daily Reflections May 16 WE FORGIVE … Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual adviser that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we […]

May 15

Daily Reflections May 15 KNOW GOD; KNOW PEACE It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the […]

May 14

Daily Reflections May 14 IT’S OKAY TO BE ME Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives … they have turned to easier methods. .But they had not […]

May 13

Twenty-Four Hours A Day May 13 A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we find fellowship and release and strength. And having found these things, the real reasons for our drinking are taken away. Then […]

May 12

Daily Reflections May 12 THE PAST IS OVER A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them. If Step Four has revealed […]

May 11

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 […]

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 […]