12/18/2023 0 Comments Daily reflections aa february 26Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone.' Even the most brilliant mind is no defense against the disease of alcoholism. DAILY REFLECTIONS This is a book of reflections by A.A. To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.s can say, 'Yes, we were like you far too smart for our own good. Am I willing to stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the fatal nature of my situation? What must i do, today, to stay sober? My, what power, energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me! But it’s really all I need to know for today. “Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.’s message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn’t care for this prospect-unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.” TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. On this day I will take positive action to love and nurture myself in a way only I can.RIGOROUS HONESTY-DAILY REFLECTION SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2014 We made a commitment to start over and love ourselves. It wasn't our fault! We were always lovable. We learned that the reason we didn't feel loved was because of something out of our control: true love can't co-exist along with alcoholic and dysfunctional thinking. When we got to ACA, we felt a connection when we heard others talk about their loveless lives because now we knew we weren't alone. Some of us used drugs, alcohol, food, and other compulsive activities to fill the empty spot where love should have been. AA Daily Reflections October 30th Alcoholics Anonymous Prayer Meditation Inspirational Motivational. But nothing made us feel loved enough to take away the pain. We found relief now and then when a teacher smiled or a friend bragged about us. This lack of love set the stage for years of searching. How is God described in verses 1 and 2 Verse 3 recalls Psalm 8:4 (see the reading for November 4). When two or three consecrated souls are together at a meeting place, the spirit of God is there to help and. The spirit of God comes upon His followers when they are all together at one time, in one place, and with one accord. We stood in our yard alone, feeling like the only kid in the world nobody loved. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD Reflect. When two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. We looked out at the world and saw a dad playing in the yard with his kids. In our quiet times, we wondered in our little child minds, "Why? What did I do wrong?" on your cruise ship daily schedule indicates an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Long ago we were yelled at, pushed aside, and neglected. So it took me a couple of days to realize my daily Daily Reflections emails. "Self-love enables the adult child to back-fill the love or nurturing we did not get as children." BRB p. Signup for the Traveler/Daily Meditation.Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more manhood to abide by thought out principles rather than blind reflex. The book is thought provking and inspiring. Touchstones Meditations For MenFebruary 17. The pages for each month are primarily written to correspond with the step of the same number of the month. Each day is a brief statement about recovery and a member's exposition on it. International Literature Order Request Form A well edited daily exposition on the steps of the world famous Alcoholics Anonymous program.Free Literature – English and Translated.Update Intergroup or Region Information.
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