Al-Anon daily reflection ·
New Horizons Opening
The door is now open to new horizons of growth and a spiritual awakening we have never before experienced.
I thought Step Four would confirm my worst fears about myself. Instead, it showed me the exit I'd been driving past for years.
Before my inventory, I was stuck in the same loop — the same reactions, the same arguments, the same patterns, around and around like a traffic circle with no off-ramp. I knew I was going in circles. I just couldn't see where to get off.
Step Four was the off-ramp. Not because it fixed anything, but because for the first time I could see the loop clearly — what I was doing, why I kept doing it, and where a different choice was possible. You can't exit a pattern you haven't named.
That's the spiritual awakening the quote promises. Not a blinding flash of light — but the quiet moment of realizing I'm not trapped. There's a way out, and it starts with the willingness to look honestly at where I've been going in circles.
Practice
If I feel stuck in the same patterns today, I can pick one and write it down — what I do, what triggers it, what it costs me. Naming the loop is the first step off the circle.
Today’s Reminder
The way out of the circle begins with seeing I'm in one.
