Daily Reflection Podcast
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387 episodes
#173 The Worth of Sobriety (July 26) - Gregg Champion (Los Angeles, CA)
Gregg Champion is a branding expert who has worked with top consumer brands, major television networks, and professional sports teams over the last 15 years. In the last few years, he has focused on selective start-up ventures as an inve...
#172 Helping Others (July 24) - Maria T. (Brooklyn, NY)
Maria T. from Brooklyn, NY, shares on today's Daily Reflection entitled "Helping Others". HELPING OTHERSOur very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs....
#171 The Good And The Bad (July 22) - Bart S. (Ashburn, VA)
Bart S. from Ashburn, VA shares on today's reflection entitled "The Good and the Bad".THE GOOD AND THE BADMy Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76The joy ...
#170 Shortcomings Removed (July 20) - Joel G. (Leesburg, VA)
Join us as Joel G. from Leesburg, VA shares his experience, strength and hope around the Daily Reflection for today, "Shortcomings Removed".SHORTCOMINGS REMOVEDBut now the words "Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works...
#169 False Pride (July 19) - Bethany C (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)
Bethany C shares on today's reflection entitled "False Pride".FALSE PRIDEMany of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help...
#168 Surrender and Self-examination (July 17) - Johnny F. (Burke, VA)
Johnny F. shares on today's reflection entitled "Surrender and Self-examination".SURRENDER AND SELF-EXAMINATIONMy stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. Thus I think it can work out with emotio...
#167 Pride (July 15) - Keith G. (New York, NY)
Keith G from New York, NY shares on the Daily Reflection for today, "Pride".PRIDEFor thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to d...
#166 HUMILITY IS A GIFT (July 13) - Jim Myer (Leesburg, VA)
Jim Myer from Leesburg, VA shares on today's Daily Reflection entitled "Humility is a Gift".HUMILITY IS A GIFTAs long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. Tha...
#165 A Turning Point (July 11) - Alexa H. (Philadelphia, PA)
Alexa H. from Philadelphia, PA shares on the Daily Reflection for July 11th entitled "A Turning Point".A TURNING POINTA great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than ...
#164 I AM AN INSTRUMENT (July 9) - Josephine R (Philadelphia, PA)
Josephine R. from Philadelphia, PA shares her experience around today's reflection, "I am a Miracle"."I AM A MIRACLE"The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and l...
#163 ... And Letting Go of It (July 7) - Gary S (Coolidge, AZ)
Gary S. from Coolidge, AZ shares his experience around Letting Go of It in recovery.AND LETTING GO OF IT. . . primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upo...
#162 A New Direction (July 5) - Connie B. (Fairfield, CT)
Connie B. from Fairfield, CT shares her experience around the concept of A New Direction in recovery.A NEW DIRECTIONOur human resources, as marshaled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. . . . Every day is a day...
#161 A Natural Faith (July 4) - Heather El-Zein (Ashburn, VA)
Heather El-Zein (Ashburn, VA) shares on the concept of a Natural Faith in recovery.A NATURAL FAITH. . . deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship ...
#160 The Heart of True Sobriety (July 2) - Booboo G. (San Pedro, CA)
Booboo G. from San Pedro, CA shares on the concept of the Heart of True Sobriety.THE HEART OF TRUE SOBRIETYWe find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness ar...
#159 Sacrifice = Unity = Survival (June 30) - Mike M. (Brunswick, MD)
Mike M. from Brunswick, MD shares his experience around the traditions and the concept of Sacrifice = Unity = Survival.SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVALThe unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upo...
#158 The Determination of Our Founders (June 28) - George K. (Oceanview, DE)
George, from Oceanview, Delaware shares his experience around the Determination of the A.A. Founders. THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERSA year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.ALCOHOLICS A...
#157 Conforming to the A.A. Way (June 27) - Kevin Petersen (Jacksonville Beach, FL)
Kevin Petersen joins Michael once again to talk about the concept of conformance, and the A.A. way. Kevin is a marriage and family therapist with many years of sobriety. You can learn more about Kevin's work at his
#156 A Two-Way Street (June 25) - Shane F. (Great Falls, VA)
Shane F. from Great Falls, VA shares on the concept of A Two Way Street.A TWO-WAY STREETIf we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our coope...
#155 Trusting Others (June 23) - Craig F. (Langhorne, PA)
Craig F. of Langhorne, PA shares on the concept of Trusting Others. Craig's Home Group Meeting:
#154 Fear and Faith (June 21) - Tom R. (Doylestown, PA)
Tom R. from Doylestown, PA shares on the concepts of Fear and Faith.FEAR AND FAITHThe achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or ...
#153 Release From Fear (June 20) - Richard K. (Raleigh, NC)
RELEASE FROM FEARThe problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whate...
#152 A FELLOWSHIP OF FREEDOM (June 18) - Kirsten O (Pilesgrove Township, NJ)
Kirsten O. shares on the daily reflection entitled "A Fellowship of Freedom".A FELLOWSHIP OF FREEDOM. . . if only men were granted absolute liberty, and were compelled to obey no one, they would then voluntarily associate themsel...
#151 Open-Mindedness (June 16) - Owen McCafferty (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)
Owen McCafferty shares his inspirational experience on the concept of Open-mindedness in recovery. OPEN-MINDEDNESSWe have found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the realm of spirit is bro...
#150 When the Going Gets Rough (June 14) - Christine K (Fairfax, VA)
Christine K. from Fairfax, VA shares on today's Daily Reflection entitled When the Going Gets Rough.WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGHIt is a design for living that works in rough going.— ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15When I ca...
#149 - LIVING OUR AMENDS (June 13) - Randall Patten (Carlsbad, CA)
Randal Patten from Carlsbad, CA shares his experience around Living our Amends.LIVING OUR AMENDS"Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill."...