When alcoholics live materialistically and drink excessively,
they refuse to accept the label of "alcoholic."
Yet when they cease to drink
and when they say to themselves and to the world,
"We are alcoholics,"
the world refuses to see them as such.
What an unthinking world may look upon as defeat,
alcoholics in AA know as a triumph of the spirit,
a triumph of humility over
false pride and self-centeredness
How few human beings ever have the courage
to stand up before their neighbors and,
in humility, describing themselves truthfully, to say:
"This is what I really am."

Thought to Ponder....

There is no such thing as being 'a little bit alcoholic.'

Recovery Related Acronym

Y E T = You're Eligible Too.