Self-centered Fear The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear -- primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would...
"When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all you can about him. If he does not want to stop drinking, don't waste time trying to ...
Dear AA Fellowship Friends and Newcomers (and any interested folks looking for help for family/friends that may have a problem with alcohol), Please note the...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* I CANNOT CHANGE THE WIND It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us...
"Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom and ...
Experiment We recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory...
AA Thought for the Day November 3, 2005 Seasons Sadness came over me as I thought of the winter months ahead, but just as I was reflecting on autumn's annual ...
"The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear." -- Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 145 -- ...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* FOCUSING AND LISTENING There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these...
AA Thought for the Day November 4, 2005 Prayer Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without than we would refuse air, food,...
We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of ...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* A DAILY DISCIPLINE . . . when they [self-examination, meditation and prayer] are logically related and interwoven, the...
Rebellion "A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. Rebellion dogs our every step at first. When we have finally...
"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 ...
"There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its...
Stay Here I did not know that if you want to Get Ahead with any degree of peace, then you must first learn to Stay Here. It takes guts to Stay Here; it takes...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* LET GO AND LET GOD . . . praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. TWELVE STEPS AND...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of...
Keys of the Kingdom As the years go by, working together, sharing our experiences with one another, and also sharing a mutual trust, understanding and love -- ...
"No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my ...
Regeneration Such is the paradox of AA regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for...
"We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics." -- Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 30...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our...
AA Thought for the Day November 10, 2005 Hewing Away How to translate a right mental conviction into a right emotional result, and so into easy, happy, and...
"We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful." --...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* A SENSE OF BELONGING Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to...
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* SELF-ACCEPTANCE We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us,...
"If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned...
AA Thought for the Day November 11, 2005 Spiritual Awakening Regardless of worldly success or failure, regardless of pain or joy, regardless of sickness or...
