AA Thought for the Day <!--011426-->
When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we’re in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we’re living in […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011426-->
Perhaps this very instant is your time… your own, your peculiar, your promised and presaged moment, out of all moments forever. —Louise Bogan— “This very instant” is all we have. We make plans for the future, we invoke memories of the past, but really, all we have to deal with and to act in is […]
Daily Reflections <!--011426-->
NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program’s Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011426-->
In a culture where approval/disapproval has become the predominant regulator of effort and position, and often the substitute for love, our personal freedoms are dissipated. —Viola Spolin— Wanting others to approve our efforts, our appearance, our aspirations and behavior is perfectly normal, certainly not unhealthy. However, needing the approval in order to proceed with our […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--011326-->
When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically and mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn’t eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn’t get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves physically. We had an alcoholic obsession and […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--011326-->
I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming . . . This all sounds very strenuous and serious. But now that I have wrestled with it, it’s no longer so. I feel happy–deep down. All is well. —Katherine Mansfield— All is well. In the […]
Promise of a new Day <!--011326-->
Our reality is influenced by our notions about reality, regardless of the nature of those notions. —Joseph Chilton Pearce— How we greet today will color the returns of this day. Further, our expectations will be manifest, which means we have the personal power to determine the course our minds and thus our actions will take. […]
Daily Reflections <!--011326-->
IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT… We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition… ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85… The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: “If I just don’t drink, everything will be all right.” Once the fog cleared for me, I […]
Keep it Simple <!--011326-->
The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition. —Malcoln X— Now we know what the problem is. Now we can do something about it. The truth of our problem is, we can’t handle alcohol or other drugs. They handle us. They control us. The Steps ask us to face […]
Daily Reflections <!--011226-->
ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering […]