Daily Reflections for September 23 I Was an Exception He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, “Do you think that you are one of us?” --Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 413 (third Edition) During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty…...

The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I consider it as difficult to control as controlling the wind.…...