January 14, 2020
Happiness Comes Quietly
“The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it-by the alcohol route. And we weren’t successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and put them into practice, thenContinue Reading
January 13, 2020
An Unsuspected Inner Resource
With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 567-68 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words from our founders. I often pondered the phrase: “they haveContinue Reading
January 11, 2020
Hold Your Face to the Light
Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.— AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golden color! As I stared inContinue Reading