AA Thought for the Day

August 31, 2002

Surrender

No one likes to admit that they're a drunk,
that they can't control this thing.
But when we come into AA,
we can face our problem honestly and openly. . . .
I heard one very ill woman say that she
didn't believe in the surrender part of the AA program.
My heavens! Surrender to me has meant
the ability to run my home,
to face my responsibilities as they should be faced,
to take life as it comes to me day by day,
and work my problems out.
That's what surrender has meant to me.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition, Page 300, (Third Edition, Page 340), with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

All you have to do to change your life is change your mind.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.


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