AA Thought for the Day <!--011526-->
The A.A. program is a way of life. It’s a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we’re going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But each member of the group has […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011526-->
Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening. —Gertrude Stein— Life is full of dangers and risks and challenges. We can choose to meet them fearfully or in a spirit of welcome. To choose fear, to say, “I won’t take that risk because I might lose,” is to prevent ourselves from ever winning. […]
Daily Reflections <!--011526-->
AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE 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. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words from our […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011526-->
When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on. —C. S. Lewis— Retrospect offers us what no one moment, in the present, is capable of doing. There is a pattern to the events of our lives, and even what appear as the […]
Keep it Simple <!--011526-->
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day. —Albert Camus— “Later.” How often have we said this? This trick help us avoid the tasks of the day. Life is full of task–many fun, some boring, others hard. Can I accept the task […]