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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

OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST

Daily Reflections – January 31

The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has . . . We stay whole, or A. A. dies. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 129

FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO – Daily reflections

Daily Reflections – January 30

We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 83

THE JOY OF SHARING

Daily Reflections – January 29

Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends— this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 89

THE TREASURE OF THE PAST

Daily Reflections – January 28

Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 124

FREEDOM FROM GUILT

Daily Reflections – January 27

Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 47

RIGOROUS HONESTY

Daily Reflections – January 26

Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A. 's message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect—unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 24

WHAT WE NEED—EACH OTHER

Daily Reflections – January 25

. . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out." TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 139

GETTING INVOLVED

Daily Reflections – January 24

There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, pp. 88-89

HAVING FUN YET?

Daily Reflections – January 23

. . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 132

"LET'S KEEP IT SIMPLE"

Daily Reflections – January 22

A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the last time I ever saw him. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 214

SERVING MY BROTHER

Daily Reflections – January 21

The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279

"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK"

Daily Reflections – January 20

As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 87

ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH

Daily Reflections – January 19

Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, p. 16

WOULD A DRINK HELP?

Daily Reflections – January 18

By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 23

HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY

Daily Reflections – January 17

HITTING BOTTOM

Daily Reflections – January 16

Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A. A. 's remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 24

AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE

Daily Reflections – January 15

With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70

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