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THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 30

The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle  stands  for  A.A.'s  Three  Legacies  of  Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.
A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139

EXACTLY ALIKE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 29

Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89

LOVE WITHOUT STRINGS

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 28

Practical  experience  shows  that  nothing  will  so  much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89

WITHOUT RESERVATION

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 27

When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37

While practicing service to others, if my successes give rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed on without reservation and without expectation. For as I grow, I find that no matter how much I give with love, I receive much more in spirit.
 

OUR CHILDREN

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 26

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it.  .  .  .  From  that  point  on,  progress  will  be  rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 25

Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job—wife or no wife—we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98

VIGILANCE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 24

We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic" Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 33

"I WAS AN EXCEPTION"

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 23

He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413

A "LIMITLESS LODE"

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 22

Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 128-29

THE LAST PROMISE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 21

We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 84

H.P. AS GUIDE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 20

See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164

ACCEPTANCE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 19

We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion had begun. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 109

LOVED BACK TO RECOVERY

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 18

Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAPEVINE, Vol. I, p. 198

FREEDOM FROM FEAR

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 17

When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 122

WE STAND—OR FALL—TOGETHER

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 16

. . . no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics  see  that  we  must  work  together  and  hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 562

A NEW LIFE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 15

Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Life will mean something at last ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152

PEACE OF MIND

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 14

Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance— meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 86-87

REPAIRING THE DAMAGE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 13

Good judgment, a careful sense of timing courage and prudence—these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 83

I AM RESPONSIBLE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 12

For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 87

MAKING AMENDS

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 11

Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 87

RECOVERY BY PROXY?

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 10

They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84

Sometimes I think: "Making these amends is going too far! No one should have to humble himself like that!" However, it is this very humbling of myself that brings me that much closer to the sunlight of the spirit. A.A. is the only hope I have if I am to continue healing and gain a life of happiness, friendship and harmony.

OPENING NEW DOORS

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 9

They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84

"WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION"

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 8

We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59

"OUR SIDE OF THE STREET"

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 7

We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. His faults are not discussed. We stick to our own. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 77-78

REMOVING THREATS TO SOBRIETY

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 6

. . . except when to do so would injure them or others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59

EMOTIONAL BALANCE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 5

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 83

RECONSTRUCTION

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 4

Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83

BUILDING A NEW LIFE

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 3

We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 82

FINDING "A REASON TO BELIEVE"

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 2

The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 171

WILLINGNESS TO GROW

Daily Reflections - SEPTEMBER 1

If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8

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