![]() ![]() In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas of my life. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing things. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.įurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. Daily Reflections November 30 PROTECTION FOR ALL At the personal level, anonymity provides protection for all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty. One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. After years of sobriety I occasionally ask myself: Can it be this simple. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p 214. and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Daily Reflections January 22 LET’S KEEP IT SIMPLE. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered. Each page contains a reflection on a quotation from A.A. It was first published in 1990 to fulfill a long-felt need within the Fellowship for a collection of reflections that moves through the calendar year-one day at a time. ![]() Members ISBN# 9781684113705 in Paperback by AA World Services Inc may be ordered in bulk quantities. Product Description: This is a book of reflections by A.A. The book, Daily Reflections: A Book of Reflections by A.A. Daily Reflections has proved to be a popular book that aids individuals in their practice of daily meditation and provides inspiration to group discussions even as it presents an introduction for some to A.A. Thus the book offers sharing, day by day, from a broad cross section of members, which focuses on the Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous: Recovery, Unity and Service. but only for themselves, from their own experiences in sobriety. Digital Readings Readings / Literature Open/Closed Meeting Statement Cards (Primary Purpose Statement) Preamble How It Works The Promises A Vision for You 12 Traditions Acceptance Responsibility Statement A.A. Fellowship who were not professional writers, nor did they speak for A.A. These reflections were submitted by members of the A.A. Conference-approved literature, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, As Bill Sees It and other books. ![]()
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