Daily ReflectionsOctober 18 AN OPEN MIND “True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith …”–TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that I could control […]

Daily ReflectionsOctober 17 A DAILY TUNE-UP “Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? […]

Daily ReflectionOctober 16  THROUGHOUT EACH DAY “This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime.”-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 During my early years in A.A. I saw Step Ten as a suggestion that […]

Daily ReflectionsOctober 15 MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS “Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we […]

Daily ReflectionsOctober 14 A PROGRAM FOR LIVING “When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. Before we begin, we ask God to direct […]

Daily Reflections October 13 UNREMITTING INVENTORIES Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make […]

Daily Reflections October 12 CURBING RASHNESS When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 91 Being fair-minded and […]

Daily Reflections October 11 SELF–RESTRAINT Our first objective will be the development of self-restraint. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 91 My drive to work provides me with an opportunity for self-examination.  One day while […]

Daily ReflectionsOctober 10 FIXING ME, NOT YOU If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.–TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 90 What a freedom I felt when this passage […]