Category: Addiction
Daily Reflections February 25, 2012
A THANKFUL HEART FEBRUARY 25, 2012 I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 My sponsor told me that I [...]
Daily Reflections February 23, 2012
GUIDANCE FEBRUARY 23, 2012 … this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however… haltingly, toward His own likeness and image. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51 As I began to understand my own powerlessness [...]
Daily Reflections February 22, 2012
I’M PART OF THE WHOLE FEBRUARY 22, 2012 At once, I became a part–if only a tiny part–of a cosmos…. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225 When I first came to A.A., I decided that “they” were very nice people–perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had [...]
Daily Reflections February 21, 2012
I’M NOT DIFFERENT FEBRUARY 21, 2012 In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the “high bottoms, ” the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, [...]
Daily Reflections February 20, 2012
THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER FEBRUARY 20, 2012 At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 Before my recovery from alcoholism began, laughter was one of the most painful sounds I knew. I never laughed and I felt that anyone else’s laughter was directed at me! My self-pity and anger [...]
