Living in the now June 09 First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober — and it works. Once the idea has become a part […]

Impatient? Try levitating June 10 We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. As Bill sees it, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. […]

Family obligations June 11 . . . a spiritual life which does not include. . . family obligations may not be so perfect after all. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 129 I […]

Forming true partnerships June 12 But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been […]

Living our amends June 13 "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill." Alcoholics […]

When the going gets rough June 14 It is a design for living that works in rough going. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 15 When I came to A.A., I realized that […]

Making A.A. your higher power June 15 ". . .You can . . . make A.A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved […]

Open-mindedness June 16 We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never […]

"Deep down within us" June 17 We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. . . […]

A fellowship of freedom June 18 . . . if only men were granted absolute liberty, and were compelled to obey no one, they would then voluntarily associate themselves in […]

"A.A. Regeneration" June 19 Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding […]

Release from fear June 20 The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to […]

Fear and faith June 21 The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in […]

Today, I'm free June 22 This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power […]

Trusting others June 23 But does trust require that we be blind to other people's motives or, indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, […]

A spiritual kindergarten June 24 We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace to go on living to […]

A two-way street June 25 If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way […]

A gift that grows with time June 26 For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous […]

Conforming to the A.A. way June 27 We obey A.A.'s Steps and Traditions because we really want them for ourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; […]

A rippling effect June 29 Having learned to live so happily, we'd show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that […]

Sacrifice = Unity = Survival June 30 The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our […]