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HOPE

Daily reflections - March 2

Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60

IT WORKS

Daily reflections - March 1

It works—it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88

WHAT? NO PRESIDENT?

Daily reflections - February 28

When  told  that  our  Society  has  no  president  having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. . . ."

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132

 

A UNIQUE STABILITY

Daily reflections - February 27

Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 132, 135

NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY

Daily reflection - February 26

A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35

THE CHALLENGE OF FAILURE

Daily reflections - February 25

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 31

A THANKFUL HEART – Daily reflections

Daily reflections – February 24

/ try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37

MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES

Daily reflections - February 23

Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one.

A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46

GUIDANCE

Daily reflections - February 22

. . . this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however . . . haltingly, toward His own likeness and image.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51

 

I'M PART OF THE WHOLE

Daily reflections - February 21

At once, I became a part—if only a tiny part—of a cosmos.

. . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225

When I first came to A.A., I decided that "they" were very nice people—perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing in common). I saw "them" at meetings—after all, that was where "they" existed. I shook hands with "them" and, when I went out the door, I forgot about "them."

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER

Daily reflections – February 20

At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26

OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN

Daily reflections – February 18

. . . there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p.25

THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES

Daily reflections - February 17

Some of  us won't  believe in God, others can't, and still others  who  do  believe  that  God  exists  have  no  faith whatever He will perform this miracle.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25

 

COMMITMENT

Daily reflections - February 16

Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125

TAKING ACTION

 Daily reflections - February 15

Are these extravagant  promises?  We think not  They  are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84

EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS

Daily reflections - February 14

Burn the idea into the consciousness of ever, man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98

WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER

Daily reflections - February 13

To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A. A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you—far too smart for our own good. . . . Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone."

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60

"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES"

Daily reflections - February 12

Selfishness—self-centeredness!  That, we think, is the root of our troubles.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62

THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE

Daily reflections - February 11

We asked  ourselves  why we had them [fears].  Wasn't  it because self-reliance failed us?

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 68

I DON'T RUN THE SHOW

Daily reflections – February 10

When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't What was our choice to be? ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 53

CONVINCING "MR. HYDE"

Daily reflections – February 8

Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's the place so many of us A. A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious—from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream —be brought into line with what we actually believe, know and want! How to convince our dumb, raging and hidden "Mr. Hyde" becomes our main task. THE BEST OF BILL, pp. 42-43

A PATH TO FAITH

Daily reflections – February 7

True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 33

A RALLYING POINT

Daily reflections – February 6

Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE TWELVE, p. 33

A GLORIOUS RELEASE

Daily reflections – February 5

"The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A. 's pro- gram as enthusiastically as I could. "TWELVE TWELVE, p. 27

WHEN FAITH IS MISSING

Daily reflections – February 4

Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 28

FILLING THE VOID

Daily reflections – February 3

We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 47

RESCUED BY SURRENDERING

Daily reflections – February 2

Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. . . . Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of his destiny. He will fight to the end to preserve that position. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 311

GOAL: SANITY

Daily reflections – February 1

". . . Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 27

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