{"id":272,"date":"2025-09-21T01:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-12-22T03:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:03:53","slug":"daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3c4056f53f2540fafa21d90b8c6ae4b1 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bailey-zindel-NRQV-hBF10M-unsplash.jpg&apos;);background-position:52% 28.999999999999996%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0c24969\" id=\"reflexao-diaria\" data-block-id=\"0c24969\"><style>.stk-0c24969 {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--60, 2.25rem) !important;margin-bottom:var(--stk--preset--spacing--none, 0px) !important;}.stk-0c24969 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--x-large, 42px) !important;color:var(--ast-global-color-2) !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-0c24969 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--x-large, 42px) !important;}}<\/style><h1 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\">Daily Reflection<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"todays-date\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold;\"><span class=\"current-date\">May 14, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-ae61304 is-style-asterisks\" data-block-id=\"ae61304\"><style>.stk-ae61304 .stk-block-divider__dot:before{color:var(--ast-global-color-4) !important;font-size:calc(20px * 1.8) !important;}.stk-ae61304 .stk-block-divider__dot{width:20px !important;height:20px !important;}.stk-ae61304 {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--30, 0.67rem) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a06ac5d\" data-block-id=\"a06ac5d\"><style>.stk-a06ac5d {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-a06ac5d-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-57a3758\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"57a3758\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-57a3758-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-57a3758-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"daily-reflection\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">IT&#039;S OKAY TO BE ME<\/h2><div class=\"reflection-content\">Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. . . . they have turned to easier methods. . . . But they had not learned enough humility. . . .<p class=\"reflection-citation\" style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #666; margin-top: 15px;\">ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 72-73<\/p><div class=\"reflection-comment\">Humility sounds so much like humiliation, but it really is the ability to look at myself-and honestly accept what I find. I no longer need to be the &#8220;smartest&#8221;\u009d or &#8220;dumbest&#8221;\u009d or any other &#8220;est.&#8221;\u009d Fi nally, it is okay to be me. It is easier for me to accept myself if I share my whole life. If I cannot share in meetings, then I had better have a sponsor -someone with whom I can share those &#8220;certain facts&#8221;\u009d that could lead me back to a drunk, to death. I need to take all the Steps. I need the Fifth Step to learn true humility. 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