Meditation reading for Friday March 21, 2025
GUIDANCE — AA members have always struggled to explain the “God business.” We’ve never wanted to be seen as religious, yet we’ve consistently believed that...
Meditation reading for Friday March 14, 2025
ANGER…A DANGEROUS WEAPON — One reason some of us struggle to overcome anger is that we’ve relied on it too often as an offensive weapon. It can serve as an...
Meditation reading for Friday March 7, 2025
PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION — It is the daily strivings that count, not the momentary heights. Progress, not perfection, is the hallmark of our program, and...
Meditation reading for Friday February 28, 2025
LET GO AND LET GOD — The biggest problem in prayer is how to “let go and let God.” Too much of the time we try to run things, to manipulate people, to force...
Meditation reading for Friday February 21, 2025
SELF-ACCEPTANCE Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. — Carl Jung We are all a little wacky. When we enter a crowded room and hear someone...
Meditation reading for Friday February 14, 2025
“In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.” — Bill W. We are so...
Meditation reading for Friday February 7, 2025
SPIRITUALITY — What I spent, I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. They say money talks. And so it does. The amount...
Meditation reading for Friday January 31, 2025
EMBRACING OPPORTUNITY — Through laziness or inattention, we often miss opportunities to grow. Maybe we don’t play our hunches or listen to our intuition....
Meditation reading for Friday January 24, 2025
LIVE AND LET LIVE — For countless reasons, people with drinking problems blunder into conflicts with others. It's not unusual to hear that a person has not...
Meditation reading for Friday January 17, 2025
NEVER TOO LATE — Many of us lament the fact that we wasted our youthful years when we should have been earning college degrees or perfecting a skill. Many of...
Meditation reading for Friday January 10, 2025
AS WE THINK, SO WE ARE — Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being. We can use our positive thoughts for successful living by keeping our mind...
Meditation reading for Friday January 3, 2025
GROWTH — Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness. We thought we were self-sufficient, that we needed no help to run our life, but this got us...
Meditation reading for Friday December 27, 2024
HAS IT BEEN A YEAR OF GROWTH? As any year draws to a close, we should reflect on how we have grown in sobriety. We should also identify changes during the...
Meditation reading for Friday December 20, 2024
HUMILITY — Humility is often used in the context of being honest enough to admit one's faults, but it also means being teachable. The truly humble person...
Meditation reading for Friday December 13, 2024
KEEP THE FOCUS ON PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY — Alcoholics often try to shift responsibility to others. We once thought it was possible to blame others for our...
Meditation reading for Friday December 6, 2024
THE LURE OF GREENER PASTURES — One of our old-timers spent a great deal of time trying to find a new job but never succeeded. When he finally retired, on a...
Meditation reading for Friday November 29, 2024
GROWTH — Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still. Many of us are dissatisfied with our progress. Our mind is clear and we’re in...
Meditation reading for Friday November 22, 2024
EXPLAINING ALCOHOLISM — Over the years, there have been many theories about the causes of alcoholism. One of the old theories was that we drink because we...
Meditation reading for Friday November 15, 2024
GIFTS FROM OUR HIGHER POWER — We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Every moment that passes us by unnoticed is a lost gift. The stranger’s...
Meditation reading for Friday November 8, 2024
MIRACLES — It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles. We who have entrusted our life to a Higher Power can tell of strange and wonderful...