If I kept a diary–and I do not–there might be an entry in it something like this: April 2, 1942: For the first time, I admit I am powerless over alcohol. I know now I can’t safely ever take another drink. I have decided to turn my will and my life over to God, withoutContinue reading “Daily Inventory Shows Up Assets – Grapevine Article October 1947 By LJR”
Category Archives: Emotional Sobriety
Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning Saturday October 24th
The universal human yearning (is) for something permanent, enduring, without shadow of change —Willa Cather The specter of change builds dread in most of us. We fear the effects on our personal lives. We lack faith that the impending change will benefit us. Only time can assure us of that. And it will, justContinue reading “Reflection – Each Day A New Beginning Saturday October 24th”
Step 10 Highlights Week 1, 2, 3, and 4 From Twelve & Twelve By Bruce M.
Below are key themes, what page they came from, and actual quotes direct from the Twelve & Twelve which explore each of these themes. This may be a useful way of reviewing and summarizing the crucial topics and principles of Step 10. These topics and principles are extremely relevant to an ongoing experience described thisContinue reading “Step 10 Highlights Week 1, 2, 3, and 4 From Twelve & Twelve By Bruce M.”
3rd Step Prayer From As Bill Sees It With A Slight Modification In Wording Using ‘My Transcendence’ rather than ‘Victory’
210 Out of Bondage At Step Three, many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: “God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that myContinue reading “3rd Step Prayer From As Bill Sees It With A Slight Modification In Wording Using ‘My Transcendence’ rather than ‘Victory’”
Reflection October 11th – Everyday A New Beginning
Be still and listen to the stillness within. —Darlene Larson Jenks No answer eludes us if we turn to the source of all answers – the stillness within. Prayer accompanied by meditation will always provide the answers we need for the situations facing us. The answers we want are not guaranteed, however. We must trustContinue reading “Reflection October 11th – Everyday A New Beginning”
Reflection October 10th – Every Day A New Beginning
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose. —Billie Holiday Our struggles with other people always take their toll on us. They often push us to behavior we’re not proud of. They may result in irreparable rifts. They frequently trigger an emotional relapse. No battle is worth the damage to the psyche thatContinue reading “Reflection October 10th – Every Day A New Beginning”
Reflection – October 3rd Each Day A New Beginning
Ambiguity means admitting more than one response to a situation and allowing yourself to be aware of those contradictory responses. You may want something and fear it at the same time. You may find it both beautiful and ugly. —Tristine Rainer Flexibility is a goal worth the striving. It eases our relations with others, andContinue reading “Reflection – October 3rd Each Day A New Beginning”
We Get What We Get – Grapevine Article October 2001 by Ernest S
MY LOCAL MEETINGS ARE BIG on this spot – check reminder : you get what you get ; it’s what you do with it that counts From attending AA meetings in Iowa for the two years I spent in graduate school there, I brought home this question to add to my daily Tenth Step checklistContinue reading “We Get What We Get – Grapevine Article October 2001 by Ernest S”
Daily Reflection – September 19th “Each Day A New Beginning”
…concern should drive us into action and not into depression. —Karen Horney The role of victim is all too familiar to many of us. Life did us injustices – we thought. And we passively waited for circumstances to change. With the bottle we waited, or maybe the little white pills. Nothing was our fault. ThatContinue reading “Daily Reflection – September 19th “Each Day A New Beginning””
Trying to Be Ungrateful – Grapevine Article March 2020 By Mark K
A member tries a unique plan to find some gratitude that’s as simple as one…two…three A while back, it seemed that at most of the AA meetings I attended, the topic turned out to be gratitude. Members shared about a variety of things they were grateful for, such as not having hangovers or waking upContinue reading “Trying to Be Ungrateful – Grapevine Article March 2020 By Mark K”