Daily Reflections

Daily Reflections
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This collection of readings moves through the calendar year one day – and one page – at a time. For every day, a favorite quotation from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous is followed by an A.A. member’s personal reflection, making for daily reading that is at once inspired and inspiring. <br>
While focusing broadly on the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, this volume offers experience, strength and hope on specific topics such as willingness, faith, making amends – themes that recovering alcoholics must address each day – and reminds us that we are never really alone in Alcoholics Anonymous. <br>
Whether using the day’s reading as a source for their morning meditation, discussing it with a sponsor or sharing it with their home group, many in Alcoholics Anonymous consider <i>Daily Reflections</i>to be a critical tool in their “spiritual toolkit.” <br>
Features a topical index to help guide discussion. <br>
<i>Daily Reflections</i> has been approved by the General Service Conference.

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Anonymous. Daily Reflections

DAILY. REFLECTIONS. A. book. of reflections. by A.A. members. for. A.A. members

FOREWORD

JANUARY 1 “I AM A MIRACLE”

JANUARY 2. FIRST, THE FOUNDATION

JANUARY 3. POWERLESS

JANUARY 4. BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE

JANUARY 5. TOTAL ACCEPTANCE

JANUARY 6. THE VICTORY OF SURRENDER

JANUARY 7. AT THE TURNING POINT

JANUARY 8. DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

JANUARY 9. AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE

JANUARY 10. UNITED WE STAND

JANUARY 11. THE 100% STEP

JANUARY 12. ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES

JANUARY 13. IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT

JANUARY 14. NO REGRETS

JANUARY 15. AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE

JANUARY 16. HITTING BOTTOM

JANUARY 17. HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY

JANUARY 18. WOULD A DRINK HELP?

JANUARY 19. ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH

JANUARY 20 “WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK”

JANUARY 21. SERVING MY BROTHER

JANUARY 22 “LET’S KEEP IT SIMPLE”

JANUARY 23. HAVING FUN YET?

JANUARY 24. GETTING INVOLVED

JANUARY 25. WHAT WE NEED—EACH OTHER

JANUARY 26. RIGOROUS HONESTY

JANUARY 27. FREEDOM FROM GUILT

JANUARY 28. THE TREASURE OF THE PAST

JANUARY 29. THE JOY OF SHARING

JANUARY 30. FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO

JANUARY 31. OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST

FEBRUARY 1. GOAL: SANITY

FEBRUARY 2. RESCUED BY SURRENDERING

FEBRUARY 3. FILLING THE VOID

FEBRUARY 4. WHEN FAITH IS MISSING

FEBRUARY 5. A GLORIOUS RELEASE

FEBRUARY 6. A RALLYING POINT

FEBRUARY 7. A PATH TO FAITH

FEBRUARY 8. CONVINCING “MR. HYDE”

FEBRUARY 9. GETTING THE “SPIRITUAL ANGLE”

FEBRUARY 10. I DON’T RUN THE SHOW

FEBRUARY 11. THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE

FEBRUARY 12 “THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES”

FEBRUARY 13. WE CAN’T THINK OUR WAY SOBER

FEBRUARY 14. EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS

FEBRUARY 15. TAKING ACTION

FEBRUARY 16. COMMITMENT

FEBRUARY 17. THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES

FEBRUARY 18. OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN

FEBRUARY 19. I’M NOT DIFFERENT

FEBRUARY 20. THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER

FEBRUARY 21. I’M PART OF THE WHOLE

FEBRUARY 22. GUIDANCE

FEBRUARY 23. MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES

FEBRUARY 24. A THANKFUL HEART

FEBRUARY 25. THE CHALLENGE OF FAILURE

FEBRUARY 26. NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY

FEBRUARY 27. A UNIQUE STABILITY

FEBRUARY 28. WHAT? NO PRESIDENT?

FEBRUARY 29. ONE A.A. MIRACLE

MARCH 1. IT WORKS

MARCH 2. HOPE

MARCH 3. OVERCOMING SELF-WILL

MARCH 4. WEEDING THE GARDEN

MARCH 5. A LIFELONG TASK

MARCH 6. THE IDEA OF FAITH

MARCH 7. THE KEY IS WILLINGNESS

MARCH 8. TURNING IT OVER

MARCH 9. SURRENDERING SELF-WILL

MARCH 10. TODAY, IT’S MY CHOICE

MARCH 11. GOOD ORDERLY DIRECTION

MARCH 12. A DAY’S PLAN

MARCH 13. A WORLD OF THE SPIRIT

MARCH 14. THE KEYSTONE

MARCH 15. THE GOD IDEA

MARCH 16. AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM

MARCH 17. MYSTERIOUS WAYS

MARCH 18. REAL INDEPENDENCE

MARCH 19. PRAYER: IT WORKS

MARCH 20. LOVE AND TOLERANCE

MARCH 21. MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

MARCH 22. NO MORE STRUGGLE. .

MARCH 23 . . . AND NO MORE RESERVATIONS

MARCH 24. ACTIVE, NOT PASSIVE

MARCH 25. A FULL AND THANKFUL HEART

MARCH 26. THE TEACHING IS NEVER OVER

MARCH 27. A.A.’s FREEDOMS

MARCH 28. EQUALITY

MARCH 29. TRUSTED SERVANTS

MARCH 30. OUR GROUP CONSCIENCE

MARCH 31. NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE

APRIL 1. LOOKING WITHIN

APRIL 2. CHARACTER BUILDING

APRIL 3. ACCEPTING OUR HUMANNESS

APRIL 4. CRYING FOR THE MOON

APRIL 5. TRUE BROTHERHOOD

APRIL 6. A LIFETIME PROCESS

APRIL 7. A WIDE ARC OF GRATITUDE

APRIL 8. AN INSIDE LOOK

APRIL 9. FREEDOM FROM “KING ALCOHOL”

APRIL 10. GROWING UP

APRIL 11. A WORD TO DROP: “BLAME”

APRIL 12. GIVING UP INSANITY

APRIL 13. THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY

APRIL 14. THE “NUMBER ONE OFFENDER”

APRIL 15. THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS

APRIL 16. ANGER: A “DUBIOUS LUXURY”

APRIL 17. LOVE AND FEAR AS OPPOSITES

APRIL 18. SELF-HONESTY

APRIL 19. BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS

APRIL 20. SELF-EXAMINATION

APRIL 21. CULTIVATING FAITH

APRIL 22. NEW SOIL . . . NEW ROOTS

APRIL 23. A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL

APRIL 24. LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES

APRIL 25. ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION

APRIL 26. HAPPINESS IS NOT THE POINT

APRIL 27. JOYFUL DISCOVERIES

APRIL 28. TWO “MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS”

APRIL 29. GROUP AUTONOMY

APRIL 30. A GREAT PARADOX

MAY 1. HEALING HEART AND MIND

MAY 2. LIGHTING THE DARK PAST

MAY 3. CLEANING HOUSE

MAY 4 “ENTIRELY HONEST”

MAY 5. THE FOREST AND THE TREES

MAY 6 “HOLD BACK NOTHING”

MAY 7. RESPECT FOR OTHERS

MAY 8. A RESTING PLACE

MAY 9. WALKING THROUGH FEAR

MAY 10. FREE AT LAST

MAY 11. A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING

MAY 12. THE PAST IS OVER

MAY 13. THE EASIER, SOFTER WAY

MAY 14. IT’S OKAY TO BE ME

MAY 15. KNOW GOD; KNOW PEACE

MAY 16. WE FORGIVE . .

MAY 17 . . . AND FORGIVE

MAY 18. FREEDOM TO BE ME

MAY 19. GIVING WITHOUT STRINGS

MAY 20. ONE DAY AT A TIME

MAY 21. A LIST OF BLESSINGS

MAY 22. STEP ONE

MAY 23. SPIRITUAL HEALTH

MAY 24 “HAPPY, JOYOUS, AND FREE”

MAY 25. PROGRESSIVE GRATITUDE

MAY 26. TURNING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE

MAY 27. NO MAUDLIN GUILT

MAY 28. EQUAL RIGHTS

MAY 29. TRUE TOLERANCE

MAY 30. OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE

MAY 31. READINESS TO SERVE OTHERS

JUNE 1. A CHANGED OUTLOOK

JUNE 2. THE UPWARD PATH

JUNE 3. ON A WING AND A PRAYER

JUNE 4. LETTING GO OF OUR OLD SELVES

JUNE 5. ENTIRELY READY?

JUNE 6. ALL WE DO IS TRY

JUNE 7. LONG-TERM HOPE

JUNE 8. OPENING UP TO CHANGE

JUNE 9. LIVING IN THE NOW

JUNE 10. IMPATIENT? TRY LEVITATING

JUNE 11. FAMILY OBLIGATIONS

JUNE 12. FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS

JUNE 13. LIVING OUR AMENDS

JUNE 14. WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH

JUNE 15. MAKING A.A. YOUR HIGHER POWER

JUNE 16. OPEN-MINDEDNESS

JUNE 17 “DEEP DOWN WITHIN US”

JUNE 18. A FELLOWSHIP OF FREEDOM

JUNE 19 “A.A. REGENERATION”

JUNE 20. RELEASE FROM FEAR

JUNE 21. FEAR AND FAITH

JUNE 22. TODAY, I’M FREE

JUNE 23. TRUSTING OTHERS

JUNE 24. A SPIRITUAL KINDERGARTEN

JUNE 25. A TWO-WAY STREET

JUNE 26. A GIFT THAT GROWS WITH TIME

JUNE 27. CONFORMING TO THE A.A. WAY

JUNE 28. THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS

JUNE 29. A RIPPLING EFFECT

JUNE 30. SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL

JULY 1. THE BEST FOR TODAY

JULY 2. THE HEART OF TRUE SOBRIETY

JULY 3. EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER

JULY 4. A NATURAL FAITH

JULY 5. A NEW DIRECTION

JULY 6. IDENTIFYING FEAR . .

JULY 7 . . . AND LETTING GO OF IT

JULY 8. AN EVER-GROWING FREEDOM

JULY 9. I AM AN INSTRUMENT

JULY 10. TOWARD PEACE AND SERENITY

JULY 11. A TURNING POINT

JULY 12. GIVING UP CENTER STAGE

JULY 13. HUMILITY IS A GIFT

JULY 14. A NOURISHING INGREDIENT

JULY 15. PRIDE

JULY 16 “A MEASURE OF HUMILITY”

JULY 17. SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATION

JULY 18. GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE

JULY 19. FALSE PRIDE

JULY 20. SHORTCOMINGS REMOVED

JULY 21. A PRICELESS GIFT

JULY 22 “THE GOOD AND THE BAD”

JULY 23. I ASK GOD TO DECIDE

JULY 24. HELPING OTHERS

JULY 25. THOSE WHO STILL SUFFER

JULY 26. THE “WORTH” OF SOBRIETY

JULY 27. GIVING FREELY

JULY 28. THOSE WHO STILL SUFFER

JULY 29. ANONYMOUS GIFTS OF KINDNESS

JULY 30. GIVING BACK

JULY 31. A PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS

AUGUST 1. LIVING IT

AUGUST 2. WE BECOME WILLING . .

AUGUST 3 . . . TO BE OF SERVICE

AUGUST 4. SEEDS OF FAITH

AUGUST 5. LISTENING DEEPLY

AUGUST 6. DRIVEN

AUGUST 7. A “DESIGN FOR LIVING”

AUGUST 8 “MADE A LIST . . .”

AUGUST 9 “. . . OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED”

AUGUST 10. REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS

AUGUST 11. REMOVING “THE GROUND GLASS”

AUGUST 12. A LOOK BACKWARD

AUGUST 13. A CLEAN SWEEP

AUGUST 14. REPAIRING THE DAMAGE

AUGUST 15. DIDN’T WE HURT ANYBODY?

AUGUST 16 “I HAD DROPPED OUT”

AUGUST 17. RIGHTING THE HARM

AUGUST 18. GETTING WELL

AUGUST 19. A FRAME OF REFERENCE

AUGUST 20. TOWARD EMOTIONAL FREEDOM

AUGUST 21. WE JUST TRY

AUGUST 22. SEEKING EMOTIONAL STABILITY

AUGUST 23. BRINGING THE MESSAGE HOME

AUGUST 24. A RIDDLE THAT WORKS

AUGUST 25. THE GIFT OF BONDING

AUGUST 26. GIVING IT AWAY

AUGUST 27. CENTERING OUR THOUGHTS

AUGUST 28. LIGHTENING THE BURDEN

AUGUST 29. I CHOOSE ANONYMITY

AUGUST 30. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT . .

AUGUST 31. A UNIQUE PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 1. WILLINGNESS TO GROW

SEPTEMBER 2. FINDING “A REASON TO BELIEVE”

SEPTEMBER 3. BUILDING A NEW LIFE

SEPTEMBER 4. RECONSTRUCTION

SEPTEMBER 5. EMOTIONAL BALANCE

SEPTEMBER 6. REMOVING THREATS TO SOBRIETY

SEPTEMBER 7 “OUR SIDE OF THE STREET”

SEPTEMBER 8 “WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION”

SEPTEMBER 9. OPENING NEW DOORS

SEPTEMBER 10. RECOVERY BY PROXY?

SEPTEMBER 11. MAKING AMENDS

SEPTEMBER 12. I AM RESPONSIBLE

SEPTEMBER 13. REPAIRING THE DAMAGE

SEPTEMBER 14. PEACE OF MIND

SEPTEMBER 15. A NEW LIFE

SEPTEMBER 16. WE STAND—OR FALL—TOGETHER

SEPTEMBER 17. FREEDOM FROM FEAR

SEPTEMBER 18. LOVED BACK TO RECOVERY

SEPTEMBER 19. ACCEPTANCE

SEPTEMBER 20. H.P. AS GUIDE

SEPTEMBER 21. THE LAST PROMISE

SEPTEMBER 22. A “LIMITLESS LODE”

SEPTEMBER 23 “I WAS AN EXCEPTION”

SEPTEMBER 24. VIGILANCE

SEPTEMBER 25. FIRST THINGS FIRST

SEPTEMBER 26. OUR CHILDREN

SEPTEMBER 27. WITHOUT RESERVATION

SEPTEMBER 28. LOVE WITHOUT STRINGS

SEPTEMBER 29. EXACTLY ALIKE

SEPTEMBER 30. THE CIRCLE AND THE TRIANGLE

OCTOBER 1. LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT

OCTOBER 2 “THE ACID TEST”

OCTOBER 3. SERENITY AFTER THE STORM

OCTOBER 4. A NECESSARY PRUNING

OCTOBER 5. YESTERDAY’S BAGGAGE

OCTOBER 6. FACING OURSELVES

OCTOBER 7. DAILY MONITORING

OCTOBER 8. DAILY INVENTORY

OCTOBER 9. A SPIRITUAL AXIOM

OCTOBER 10. FIXING ME, NOT YOU

OCTOBER 11. SELF-RESTRAINT

OCTOBER 12. CURBING RASHNESS

OCTOBER 13. UNREMITTING INVENTORIES

OCTOBER 14. A PROGRAM FOR LIVING

OCTOBER 15. MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS

OCTOBER 16. THROUGHOUT EACH DAY

OCTOBER 17. A DAILY TUNE-UP

OCTOBER 18. AN OPEN MIND

OCTOBER 19. A.A.’s “MAIN TAPROOT”

OCTOBER 20. SOLACE FOR CONFUSION

OCTOBER 21. NOTHING GROWS IN THE DARK

OCTOBER 22. TRUE TOLERANCE

OCTOBER 23. WHAT WE KNOW BEST

OCTOBER 24 “BY FAITH AND BY WORKS”

OCTOBER 25. A.A.’s HEARTBEAT

OCTOBER 26. ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY

OCTOBER 27. GLOBAL SHARING

OCTOBER 28. AN UNBROKEN TRADITION

OCTOBER 29. OUR SURVIVAL

OCTOBER 30. LIVE AND LET LIVE

OCTOBER 31. AVOIDING CONTROVERSY

NOVEMBER 1. I CANNOT CHANGE THE WIND

NOVEMBER 2. KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT

NOVEMBER 3. FOCUSING AND LISTENING

NOVEMBER 4. A DAILY DISCIPLINE

NOVEMBER 5 “THE QUALITY OF FAITH”

NOVEMBER 6. GOING WITH THE FLOW

NOVEMBER 7. LET GO AND LET GOD

NOVEMBER 8. AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE

NOVEMBER 9. STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT

NOVEMBER 10. A SENSE OF BELONGING

NOVEMBER 11. SELF-ACCEPTANCE

NOVEMBER 12. MORNING THOUGHTS

NOVEMBER 13. LOOKING OUTWARD

NOVEMBER 14. INTUITION AND INSPIRATION

NOVEMBER 15. VITAL SUSTENANCE

NOVEMBER 16. A DAILY REPRIEVE

NOVEMBER 17. OVERCOMING LONELINESS

NOVEMBER 18. A SAFETY NET

NOVEMBER 19 “I WAS SLIPPING FAST”

NOVEMBER 20 “THY WILL, NOT MINE”

NOVEMBER 21. A CLASSIC PRAYER

NOVEMBER 22. ONLY TWO SINS

NOVEMBER 23 “HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT”

NOVEMBER 24. A UNIVERSAL SEARCH

NOVEMBER 25. A POWERFUL TRADITION

NOVEMBER 26. THE HAZARDS OF PUBLICITY

NOVEMBER 27. THE PERILS OF THE LIMELIGHT

NOVEMBER 28. ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION

NOVEMBER 29 “ACTIVE GUARDIANS”

NOVEMBER 30. PROTECTION FOR ALL

DECEMBER 1 “SUGGESTED” STEPS

DECEMBER 2. SERENITY

DECEMBER 3. IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS

DECEMBER 4. INTO ACTION

DECEMBER 5. A NEW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DECEMBER 6. WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN

DECEMBER 7. TRUE AMBITION

DECEMBER 8. SERVICE

DECEMBER 9. LOVE WITH NO PRICE TAG

DECEMBER 10. CARRYING THE MESSAGE

DECEMBER 11 “A GENUINE HUMILITY”

DECEMBER 12. A COMMON SOLUTION

DECEMBER 13. THINKING OF OTHERS

DECEMBER 14. REACHING OUT

DECEMBER 15. DOING ANYTHING TO HELP

DECEMBER 16. PARTNERS IN RECOVERY

DECEMBER 17. A PRICELESS REWARD

DECEMBER 18. HONESTY WITH NEWCOMERS

DECEMBER 19. UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY

DECEMBER 20. THE REWARDS OF GIVING

DECEMBER 21. LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY

DECEMBER 22. PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES

DECEMBER 23. RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE

DECEMBER 24. A “SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS”

DECEMBER 25. AT PEACE WITH LIFE

DECEMBER 26. ACCEPTING SUCCESS OR FAILURE

DECEMBER 27. PROBLEM SOLVING

DECEMBER 28. SUIT UP AND SHOW UP

DECEMBER 29. THE JOY OF LIVING

DECEMBER 30. ANONYMITY

DECEMBER 31. DAILY RESOLUTIONS

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

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Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., New York, N.Y.

At the top of each dated page is a quotation from such sources as Bill W. in Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, A.A. Comes of Age, As Bill Sees It, and The Best of Bill; Dr. Bob from Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers; and other A.A. Conference-approved literature.

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Following each quote is a personal reflection, by an individual A.A. member, on the quotation. A request to the entire A.A. Fellowship produced over 1,300 submissions. The A.A. members selected for inclusion are not professional writers, and speak, of course, not for the Fellowship but for themselves—one A.A. member writing to other A.A. members.

As a result of these contributions, the entire book focuses on our Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, and is in keeping with our Preamble which states that “A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.”

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