Category: Addiction
Daily Reflections December 17, 2011
PARTNERS IN RECOVERY DECEMBER 17, 2011 . . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you [...]
Daily Reflections December 16, 2011
DOING ANYTHING TO HELP DECEMBER 16, 2011 Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 95 I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me. They said I could have what they had, [...]
Daily Reflections December 15, 2011
REACHING OUT DECEMBER 15, 2011 Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 When I come into contact with a newcomer, do I have a tendency to look at him [...]
Daily Reflections December 14, 2011
THINKING OF OTHERS DECEMBER 14, 2011 Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I’m prone to thinking, “How do I [...]
Daily Reflections December 13, 2011
A GENUINE HUMILITY DECEMBER 13, 2011 . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught [...]
