Took the day off. We got our ac back by noon so checked out fine but I needed a true day to myself to catch up and catch my breath. Plus Jimmy went to the […]
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Since September 5, 2015
September 6
I just opened a greeting card from Barb “do not open until Sept 5th”. With all the chaos being out of the house and without air conditioning, hotel living, I forgot to open it yesterday. […]
September 5
Daily Reflections September 5 EMOTIONAL BALANCE Made direct amends to such people wherever possible. -TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 83 When I survey my drinking days, I recall many people whom my life […]
September 4
My birthday. 49 years old, wow. I can’t believe it. Tonight we will have cake from Milkboy in NY and dine at Mikado in Cherry Hill with good friends. I am a very lucky man. […]
September 3
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 3 BUILDING A NEW LIFE, p.255 We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough.-Alcoholics Anonymous, p.82 When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be […]
September 2
Daily ReflectionsSeptember 02, 2012 FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE” The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development.—As Bill Sees It, p.171 A line from a song goes, “ … and I look […]
September 1
Daily Reflections September 1 WILLINGNESS TO GROW If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. -As Bill Sees It, p.8 Sobriety fills the painful “hole in the soul” that my […]
August 31
Daily ReflectionsAugust 31 A UNIQUE PROGRAM Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words “Freely ye have received, freely give.” We have discovered that at the […]
August 29
Daily Reflections August 29 I CHOOSE ANONYMITY We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have. -12 & 12, p.187 Since there are no rules in […]
August 28
Daily Reflections August 28 LIGHTENING THE BURDEN Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. The dark past is the […]