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I found it to be a little on the weak side compared to many other ones I’ve worked with. I’ve used over 30 daily reflection books over the years & a few years ago when I started to go through the AA Daily Reflections book. I joined AA History Lovers in preparation for writing about this and one member there reports that: The General Service Conference decided to undertake making it in May of 1987. There isn’t much information about its origins. I’m a miracle too, but do we have to check our brain at the door? Just people mindlessly yakking AA lingo, as in the quote above. I would even say it is worse, because so much of it makes no real sense. The Daily Reflections turned out to not be much better in that respect. The 24 Hours a Day from Hazelden was popular, though not with me. We were happy to see it at the time: we needed something.

For instance in the Big Book (page 29) he talks about the stories in the back of the book: “Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view…” – and then, not “the way he recovered” – but “the way he established his relationship with God”.ĭaily Reflections was published in 1990 when I was just a few years sober. It sets the general tone.īill Wilson had indeed said more or less outright that the purpose of AA is not so much sobriety as it is bringing us closer to god. They do give you a five day break without god after this one so you can recover a bit, but this is how the Daily Reflections start on January 1st. I now believe in miracles because I am one! Today, because of Alcoholics Anonymous, I now trust and rely on God, as I understand Him I am sober today because of that! Learning to trust and rely on God was something I could never have done alone. I always believed in God, but could never put that belief meaningfully into my life. This truly is a fact in my life today, and a real miracle. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. I should have just thrown the damn thing over my shoulder and never looked back. I realize that the futility ranking of this project is on level with a scientific treatise on why they sell more Christmas trees in December than in July. Bob and the Good Oldtimers $13.This is not the first time you may have heard me being down on the Daily Reflections, and it won’t be the last, but I’m going to approach it a bit more systematically in this article. Daily Reflections – Large Print $12.00 Add to cart.As Bill Sees It – LARGE PRINT – Soft Cover $12.00 Read more.AA Big Book – Pocket Size $10.00 Add to cart.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.

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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. 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. Product Description: This is a book of reflections by A.A.