AA Thought for the Day

January 17, 2002

Coping

God willing, we members of AA may never again
have to deal with drinking,
but we have to deal with sobriety every day.
How do we do it?
By learning -- through practicing the Twelve Steps
and through sharing at meetings --
how to cope with the problems
that we looked to booze to solve, back in our drinking days. . .
We learn how to level out the emotional swings
that got us into trouble
both when we were up and when we were down.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition, Page 558, (Third Edition, Page 560), with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will eat away at me
unless I go to meetings and share.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together.


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