Daily Reflections December 27 PROBLEM SOLVING “Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems.” -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have […]

Daily Reflections December 26 ACCEPTING SUCCESS OR FAILURE Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept […]

Daily Reflections December 23 RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE Our Twelfth Step – carrying the message – is the basic service that AA’s Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. […]

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 […]