No single method solves every struggle. Not the steps alone. Not church alone. Not therapy alone. Today Mike and Corey dig into something the founder of AA himself put in writing — AA is not a cure-all, even for alcoholism. That kind of honesty takes humility. And humility, it turns out, is the whole ballgame. Mike shares how it took being broken down completely before he could even consider asking for help. Corey connects it to the gym, to ego, and to that dangerous moment around 90 days when things start to feel a little too comfortable. Pride comes before the fall — or in recovery language, before the relapse.

The stone for today: No single method solves every struggle. Growth requires humility — the willingness to receive help wherever wisdom and healing may be found.

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Change doesn't announce itself. It starts with a small realization — something someone says in a meeting, a quiet thought about calling someone you haven't talked to in a while — and if you pay attention to it, something new starts to take root. Today Mike and Corey dig into what it means to nurture those small moments instead of letting them pass. Corey's old sponsor Doug had a line that stuck: you can't see until you can see, and you can't hear until you can hear. At some point, something shifts and you can't un-see it.

The stone for today: Change often begins quietly. A single moment of clarity can start a deeper transformation, planting new roots where old patterns once grew.

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Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.

They're back. After a week of wonderful guest voices, Pastor Mike and Corey reunite for April 21st — and it feels like picking up right where they left off. Today's ripple is about faith as a practice rather than a possession: something you tend, quietly, over time, like a garden. Corey shares the index card system he's been carrying in his pocket — working through one word a month from page 84 — and then gets bracingly honest about what it felt like when alcohol worked. And why that's exactly the point.

The stone for today: Faith rarely arrives fully formed. Like a garden, it grows through attention, patience, and repeated practice. What I nurture quietly shapes who I become.

Read today's full Daily Ripple at www.dailyripples.com — and we'd love to hear from you. Reach out any time at wave@dailyripples.com.

Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.