![]() My problem with the book is that I think that a particularly god-focused group of editors must have been responsible for how it turned out, that it seems to follow a particular formula, and it still puzzles me. In the Foreword in the book it says they received 1300 contributions. However by January 1989, in a report of the status of this project, the trustees’ Literature committee reported that there were an insufficient number of manuscripts suitable for publication and that the deadline for receiving additional manuscripts be extended to April 1…įinally, in 1990, the General Service Conference approved a daily reflections book… (and) the first printing of Daily Reflections was completed in September 1990. The subcommittee plans to review manuscripts in December with the hope of having material for the committee to see in January.” The article in the October/November issue of Box 4-5-9 inviting contributions is resulting in additional manuscripts. “In response to a summer mailing to all delegates with guidelines for submitting manuscripts, material has been arriving at the General Service Office almost daily. In October 1988, the trustees’ Literature committee reported the following with regard to the response of the mailing: That explains why my experience with the book is that it’s not something I would recommend to my Sponsees.įrom Michelle Mirza, the GSO archivist I got the following, which seems to agree: In this case they didn’t do that because they didn’t have more than needed, they just had about 365 of them so they just included them all, whether they were inspirational/profound or not. The normal editing process for a book like this would be that they get more submissions than they need & then they exclude the weaker ones & include the better ones. I asked around about it & was told by a friend at GSO that when they were putting together the book & asking for submissions to be included from members of the fellowship, they didn’t get much of a response. I didn’t find it worth my time so I moved on to another one. 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. 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. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |