AA Thought for the Day

August 29, 2003

Acceptance

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person,
place, thing, or situation
-- some fact of my life --
unacceptable to me.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober;
unless I accept life completely on life's terms,
I cannot be happy.
I need to concentrate not so much on what
needs to be changed in the world
as on what needs to be changed in me and my attitudes.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 417, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

There is only one corner of the universe I can be certain of improving, and that's my own self.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.


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