Though I still find it difficult to accept
today's pain and anxiety with any great degree of serenity
--as those more advanced in the spiritual life
seem able to do--
I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless.
I find the willingness to do this by contemplating
the lessons learned from past suffering...
I can remember how the agonies of alcoholism,
the pain of rebellion and thwarted pride,
have often led me to God's grace,
and so to a new freedom.
- Bill W., Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, March 1962.

Thought to Ponder....

Emotions aren't facts.

Recovery Related Acronym

F A I T H = Facing All Intuitively Trusting Him.