AA Thought for the Day
May 9, 2002
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Bankrupt
No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one.
Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor,
bleeds us of all self-sufficiency
and all will to resist its demands.
Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy
as going human concerns is complete.
But upon entering AA we soon take quite another view
of this absolute humiliation.
We perceive that only through utter defeat
are we able to take our first steps
toward liberation and strength.
Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 21, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
It was either AA or amen.
Recovery Related Acronym
O D A A T = One Day At A Time.
A Member Shares...
I'm Joanna, an alcoholic.
When I came into AA, a black cloud of guilt had
settled around my psyche. I felt I was useless, the lowest of the low. And
yet you kind people reached out to me, and actually hugged me. I hadn't been
hugged in years, and certainly felt UN-huggable. When I came to understand
the paradox of the First Step, I was set free. The concept that I needed to
admit my powerlessness gave me power to recover. That power, of course, is
my Higher Power ... you all showed me the way. So, it's amazing that we
surrender to win. What a concept! Thanks for letting me share. God bless
us all.
- joanna
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