One of the main differences
between an active alcoholic and a recovering alcoholic
can be expressed as a matter of tense.
The active alcoholic tends to live in the future or in the past.
The sober alcoholic, using part of the philosophy
he learns in his AA experience,
lives or strives to live in the present.
The nondrinking alcoholic discovers in AA
that you cannot Get Ahead until you learn to be Here.
We discover from our Serenity Prayer
that one of the things we cannot change is time.
The Here-and-Now is the only reality,
whereas in the unreal world of the drinking alcoholic
there was only yesterday-and-tomorrow.

Thought to Ponder....

Time is a gift, not a threat.

Recovery Related Acronym

J F T = Just For Today.