Promise of a new Day <!--072125-->
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the true value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with. —Mark Twain— We Share this planet that supports us. We share it with other living creatures, each one offering a necessary ingredient that nurtures and sustains the continuation of the whole. Every experience […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--072125-->
If we feel the need of saying something to put another member on the right track, we should try to say it with understanding and sympathy, not with a critical attitude. We should keep everything out in the open and aboveboard. The A.A. program is wonderful, but we must really follow it. We must all […]
Daily Reflection <!--072025-->
SHORTCOMINGS REMOVED But now the words “Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works” began to carry bright promise and meaning. 12 & 12, p. 75 When I put the Seventh Step into action I must remember that there are no blanks to fill in. It doesn’t say, “Humbly asked Him to (fill […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--072025-->
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our Creator–our very self-consciousness–is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. —Annie Dillard— Getting outside of ourselves, moving beyond our own egos, opens the door to real communication with the people we’ll meet today. We have […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--072025-->
We must be loyal to the group and to each member of it. We must never accuse members behind their backs or even to their faces. It’s up to them to tell us themselves if anything is wrong. More than that, we must try not to think bad things about any members, because if we […]
Promise of a new Day <!--072025-->
Our soul makes constant noise, but it has a silent place we never hear. —Simone Weil— In an unjust, difficult world, our soul is often in pain and weeping. Sometimes it makes joyful noise. But the silent place, the still center, is the one we may neglect. Like white light, this silence of the soul […]
Keep it Simple <!--072025-->
Living so fully. I can’t image what any drug would do for me.—Joan Baez— When we were using alcohol and other drugs, our lives kept getting emptier. We tired to keep new things out of our lives. We were scared and tired. We saw feelings as bad. So we got high instead of feeling them. […]
Daily Reflections <!--071925-->
FALSE PRIDE, p.209 Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help. 12 & 12, p. 75 Many false notions operate in false pride. The need for direction to live a decent life is satisfied by the […]
Keep it Simple <!--071925-->
We grow small trying to be great. We dreamed of being great. Trying to be great is about control. We’ve caused a lot of trouble trying to control things. We’ve been afraid to just let things happen, We’re not very trusting. Many of us have good reasons not to trust. Whatever the reasons, we had […]
Promise of a new Day <!--071925-->
…[I]f you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn’t get to hear in the first place. —Sholom Aleichem— What are those things that we don’t want to hear? Mainly, we don’t want to hear disagreement from people who are important to us. We don’t want to hear that are children are making choices […]