01/01/2026
đ⨠New Year Reflection from Alcoholics Together â¨đ
December 31 Reflection & January 1 Renewal
As we come together on December 31, we pause for reflection, gratitude, and daily guidanceâlooking back on another year sober, another year together, and another year of miracles, both big and small. We take time to acknowledge where we have been, what we have survived, and how far we have come. And as we awaken on January 1, we begin againârenewed in purpose, grounded in the Steps, and grateful for one more day.
2025 marks a very special milestone: 41 years of Alcoholics Together in Las Vegas.
Forty-one years of carrying the message.
Forty-one years of welcoming newcomers.
Forty-one years of laughter and tears.
Forty-one years of service, growth, and recovery.
Our home group continues to grow and evolve, helping so many who walk through our doors looking for hopeâand finding fellowship, connection, and a way forward. What began as a simple gathering has become a living, breathing example of what happens when people stay, help, and keep coming back.
We give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been in service this past year:
⢠All who have contributed their time, energy, and resources
⢠Our wonderful fellowship that makes this group feel like home
⢠Our amazing Activities Director, who has brought new life, joy, and connection to that role, creating exciting fellowship opportunities for everyone
⢠All of our secretaries, past and present, who keep the meetings running and the doors open
⢠Our General Secretary, whose dedication helps make 12-Step work possible
⢠And our long-time home group members, still walking with us, still showing up, still carrying the light of experience, strength, and hope
Because of you, Alcoholics Together continues to move forward in the most amazing ways.
We are staying sober.
We are growing.
We are serving.
And yesâwe are having fun.
As the Big Book reminds us, âWe are not a glum lot.â We trudge the Road of Happy Destiny together, finding joy in recovery, laughter in fellowship, and meaning in service. Day by day, meeting by meeting, life continues to open up.
As we close out the year, our December 31 Daily Reflection reminds us of a simple but powerful truth:
âThe idea of âtwenty-four-hour livingâ applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.â
â As Bill Sees It, p. 284
A New Year brings 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutesâyet in recovery, we live emotionally within a twenty-four-hour frame. When we do that, we donât need New Yearâs resolutions. Every day can be a New Yearâs Day.
Today, we decide.
Today, we try to do a little better.
Today, we follow Godâs will.
Today, we put the principles of this program into action.
And as we step into January 1, we invite everyoneânewcomers and old-timers alikeâto begin again with us, grounded in faith, humility, and gratitude. Our January 1 Daily Reflection reminds us why this program works:
**âThe 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
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