It helped me a great deal to become convinced
that alcoholism was a disease, not a moral issue;
that I had been drinking as a result of a compulsion,
even though I had not been aware
of the compulsion at the time;
and that sobriety was not a matter of willpower.
The people of AA had something
that looked much better than what I had,
but I was afraid to let go of what I had
in order to try something new;
there was a certain sense of security in the familiar.
At last, acceptance proved to be the key
to my drinking problem.

Thought to Ponder....

Acceptance is not submission;
it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation,
then deciding what you're going to do about it.

Recovery Related Acronym

A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.