AA Thought for the Day

December 22, 2003

Stopping

I remember telling a friend
that I didn't have a drinking problem.
I had a stopping problem.
We laughed. It was true,
but there was something else going on,
something that never occurred to me
until I came to AA.
I didn't just have a stopping problem.
I had a starting problem too.
No matter how often I stopped, or for how long,
I always started drinking again.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 372-373, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

I can't start doing what's right
until I stop doing what's wrong.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

N U T S = Not Using The Steps.


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