Daily Reflection Podcast

Michael L. & Lee M.
  • 4.9 (122)
  • MENTAL HEALTH
Daily Reflection Podcast

The Daily Reflection Podcast delivers hope, and inspiration through interviews with members of the recovery community through the lens of the Daily Reflection book. Each day, we ask a person in recovery to read the Daily Reflection for the day, and share how this relates to their program of recovery. The result is that we learn through their experience how they manage to get and stay sober. We are not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous or any recovery program.

  1. 03/18/2023

    March 9th - Surrendering Self-Will - Jean L. (Gramby, MA)

    Unable to stay sober for many years, Jean shares a powerful story that includes multiple relapses, and a final surrender of self-will to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.Surrendering Self-WillMade a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the an...

    25 min

  2. 02/28/2023

    February 28th - What? No President? - Rich M. (Philadelphia, PA)

    Rich speaks with authority about his experience with the service structure of A.A and also shares about the important ways even those with little time can get into service by helping to carry the message at meetings. During this interview Rich mentions SEPIA, which is the Southeastern Pennsylvania Intergroup Association of AA. There are approximately 757 Inter-Groups or Central Offices registered with A.A.’s General Service Office; 514 are located in the United States and Canada. If you're in...

    22 min

  3. 02/26/2023

    February 26th - No Ordinary Success Story - Tony F. (New York, NY)

    Tony identifies as an atheist. His deep knowledge of the faith traditions and love for the program of recovery makes for an incredible discussion of today’s reflection… his is truly no ordinary success story. NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORYA.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35Upon entering A.A. I listened to others talk about the reality of their drinking: loneliness, terror...

    36 min

  4. 02/02/2023

    February 2 - Rescued by Surrendering - Joe W. (Ashburn, VA)

    Joe found the program but didn't get a sponsor. He thought he had it all figured out until he realized the only true victory is through surrender. He decided to take some suggestions like getting a sponsor, working the steps and today, he's lives a happy, joyous and free life.RESCUED BY SURRENDERINGCharacteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. . . . Inwardly the...

    29 min

  5. 01/31/2023

    February 1 - Goal: Sanity - Yuchen C. (Phila., PA)

    Yuchen was born and raised in China and immigrated to the United States when she was fourteen. She remembers having trouble with the language and feeling very different from her classmates. She solved the challenges of being different using drugs and alcohol and this only served to create more problems. At the age of nineteen, she ended up having to enter the psychiatric unit of a hospital where she first felt the realization that she needed to get sober. Today, she has a wonderful, full life...

    21 min

  6. 01/31/2023

    January 31 - Our Common Welfare Comes First - Ceci B. (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)

    Ceci joins us today to share on the concept of the group, the program and the fellowship coming before our own personal desires. She also shares a beautiful poem by Mary Oliver entitled "Praying"...It doesn't have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patcha few words together and don't tryto make them elaborate, this isn'ta contest but the doorwayinto thanks, and a silence in whichanother voice may speak.OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES F...

    19 min

  7. 01/25/2023

    January 26 - Rigorous Honesty - Matthew H. (Reston, VA)

    Matthew joins me today to share his experience on the concept of Rigorous Honesty. Like so many of us, he's got experience being dishonest and shares he shares his experience and what he's learned from recovery about becoming honest with himself and with others. A powerful message of how getting sober can help us live esteemable lives. RIGOROUS HONESTYWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares ...

    17 min

  8. 01/22/2023

    January 23 - Having Fun Yet? - Jessica C. (Leesburg, VA)

    Lee returns with her good friend and a fellow in recovery, Jessica C. Jess got sober relatively young in life and shares her experience around that and around how the program has impacted her relationships with her family and everyone around her. She's got a great story and a great attitude. Jess is definitely not glum... she's learned how to have fun in sobriety.HAVING FUN YET?. . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We a...

    19 min
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The Daily Reflection Podcast delivers hope, and inspiration through interviews with members of the recovery community through the lens of the Daily Reflection book. Each day, we ask a person in recovery to read the Daily Reflection for the day, and share how this relates to their program of recovery. The result is that we learn through their experience how they manage to get and stay sober. We are not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous or any recovery program.

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  • Creator
    Michael L. & Lee M.
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    387
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Daily Reflection Podcast
  • Show Website
    Daily Reflection Podcast

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