From the Daily Reflections of December 3;
. . . we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
I find that carrying the message of recovery to other alcoholics is easy because it helps me to stay sober and it provides me with a sense of well-being about my own recovery. The hard part is practicing these principles in all my affairs. It is important that I share the benefits I receive from A.A., especially at home. Doesn’t my family deserve the same patience, tolerance and understanding I so readily give to the alcoholic? When reviewing my day I try to ask, “Did I have a chance to be a friend today and miss it?” “Did I have a chance to rise above a nasty situation and avoid it?” “Did I have a chance to say ‘I’m sorry,’ and refuse to?”
Just as I ask God for help with my alcoholism each day, I ask for help in extending my recovery to include all situations and all people!
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I desire to improve in this area. I desire to practice these principles in all the affairs that occur within my head, so that my actions are neither a facade nor an unnatural act that must be forced into existence. I am quite focused on my self and my well-being. Connecting and caring with the principles of the program pulsing through me is where I would like to be. I desire to be free of the bondage of isolated selfishness. So I will turn to the Source that made it possible for me to stop drinking and ask for help.
Daily Reprieve 
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