AA Thought for the Day
April 13, 2002
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Acceptance
We couldn't lick alcohol with our own
remaining resources
and so we accepted the further fact
that dependence upon a Higher Power
(if only our AA group)
could do this hitherto impossible job.
The moment we were able to fully accept these facts,
our release from the alcohol compulsion had begun.
- Bill W., March 1962
Reprinted from The Language of the Heart, Page 270, From the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
Acceptance does not mean that I have to agree,
I don't have to approve, I don't even have to like it.
I just have to accept.
Recovery Related Acronym
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.
A Member Shares...
I'm John, an alcoholic.
Acceptance? What a topic! I still struggle with that one, but I can accept that acceptance is a life-long process. However, while I understand 'acceptance' as meaning to agree to take the responsibilities for myself, to accept does not mean I approve. The world does not need my approval. Sad, but true. The program does not need my approval, either. As for me being alcoholic? I do not approve. But that's the way it is. I have no other choice than to accept that fact. And AA didn't teach me that I was an alcoholic, the bottle taught me that one. AA taught me that I didn't have to accept alcoholism as a way to die. AA taught me that I can accept what is given to me freely. They taught me a way out. Through their stories, they taught me I didn't have to accept the fate the bottle seemed to be directing me toward. If they found a way out, why not me? I had to accept the fact that I would have to make some sacrifices. And that I did. So far, so good! Enough from me.
- John
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