In the life of each AA member, there still lurks a tyrant.
His name is alcohol. He is cunning, ruthless.
And his weapons are misery, insanity, and death.
No matter how long we may be sober,
he always stands at each man's elbow,
ever watchful of an opportunity
to resume his destruction.
Like an agent of the Gestapo, he ever threatens
each AA citizen with torture or extinction.
Unless, of course, the AA citizen is willing to live unselfishly,
often placing the welfare of AA as a whole
ahead of his own personal plans and ambitions.
- Bill W., July 1946.

Thought to Ponder....

I am not just one drink away from a drunk.
I am one drink away from never being sober again
in this lifetime.

Recovery Related Acronym

D E A D = Drinking Ends All Dreams.