Meditation reading for Friday June 14, 2024
Who can control his fate? — William Shakespeare We often think we are in control when we’re not. For instance, the place we live, our friends, our co-...
Meditation reading for Friday June 7, 2024
Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards. — R. A. Dickson There are, of course, practical reasons for treating everyone with...
Meditation reading for Friday May 31, 2024
ACCEPTANCE — Anything in life that we don’t accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it. For many of us, life has become far more...
Meditation reading for Friday May 24, 2024
Meditation reading for Friday May 24, 2024 We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Sir Winston Churchill Perhaps it goes...
Meditation reading for Friday May 17, 2024
PRAYER — “He who prays best does not know that he is praying.” — St. Anthony of Padua Prayer at its best is an attitude, an awareness of God’s presence. It’s...
Meditation reading for Friday May 10, 2024
MAINTAINING OPTIMISM — As a great virtue, hope is ranked with faith and love. But those of us caught in the thicket of alcoholism and other addictions had...
Meditation reading for Friday May 3, 2024
PLANNING FOR OTHERS — Letting Go. There are times when we think we see perfectly what others ought to be doing. It pains and disturbs us when loved ones —...
Meditation reading for Friday April 26, 2024
HAPPY PEOPLE ARE LIKABLE — Who are the people we really like, and like to be with? Most of the time, they are happy people, people who like themselves and...
Meditation reading for Friday April 19, 2024
WHO PUSHES MY BUTTONS? — AA old-timers would be mystified today to hear program members talk about people “pushing their buttons.” This expression wasn't...
Meditation reading for Friday April 12, 2024
LONG TERM RECOVERY — If you’re going to take out a long-term car loan, don’t buy a short-term car. — Ken Blanchard We’re in recovery for the long haul. We...
Meditation reading for Friday April 5, 2024
SOUL FOOD — I came to this program to save my ass and found out it was attached to my soul. — Anonymous God gets our attention in a lot of different ways....
Meditation reading for Friday March 29, 2024
PRAYER — Prayer can change us dramatically. It can open our eyes to the intricate beauty in things and people in our life. Prayer can help us see the people...
Meditation reading for Friday March 22, 2024
LET GO AND LET GOD — Though it came from outside AA, the idea of "letting go and letting God" has taken root in the fellowship. The trouble comes when we try...
Meditation reading for Friday March 15, 2024
SHOULD EVERYBODY LIKE ME? In AA discussions, the term "people pleasers" doesn't fare very well. When people say they are people-pleasers, they're...
Meditation reading for Friday March 8, 2024
AVOID PROJECTING — It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. — Sir Winston Churchill How many...
Meditation reading for Friday March 1, 2024
DON’T FEED BAD HABITS — We quickly learn that it's wrong to do anything that "feeds" a drinking habit. A recovering person would be foolish, for example, to...
Meditation reading for Friday February 23, 2023
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. — Carl Jung We are all a little unbalanced at times. When we enter a crowded room and hear someone giggling,...
Meditation reading for Friday February 16, 2023
RELEASING THE PAST, LIVING IN THE PRESENT Some of us waste time brooding over past failures and lost opportunities. Since the past is beyond our reach, we...
Meditation reading for Friday February 9, 2023
EMBRACING CHANGE — Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. Everything is in a constant state of change. It’s easy to see this in the living things...
Meditation reading for Friday February 2, 2023
FACING CHANGE WITH AN OPEN MIND — While open-mindedness is supposedly virtuous, many of us have difficulty with it. In our drinking, we continued to suffer...