Daily Reflections

Daily Reflections – January 10

We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 30

Daily Reflections – January 8

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 24

Daily Reflections – January 6

We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 21

Daily Reflections – January 4

We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 19

Daily Reflections – January 2

Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 31

The idea of "twenty-four-hour living" applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 284

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 29

. . . therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 125

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 27

"Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems." ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 42

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 25

Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities "How can I best serve Thee— Thy will (not mine) be done."
ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 85

I  read  this  passage  each  morning,  to  start  off  my  day, because it is a continual reminder to "practice these principles in all my affairs." When I keep God's will at the forefront  of my mind, I am able to do what I should be doing, and that puts me at peace with life, with myself and with God.

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 23

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.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 160

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 21

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 you do. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 100

When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that's inevitable. But allowing  others  the  right  to  be  wrong  reaps  its  own benefits. The best I can do— and it sounds easier than it is to   put   into   practice—   is   to   listen,   share   personal experience, and pray for others.

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 19

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, you may feel this feeling rising.  ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 139

Having suffered from alcoholism, I should understand the illness, but sometimes I feel annoyance, even contempt, toward a person who cannot make it in A.A. When I feel that way, I am satisfying my false sense of superiority and I must remember, but for the grace of God, there go I.
 

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 17

. . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It work when other activities fail. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 8

Daily reflections - DECEMBER 15

Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 95