AA taught me that willingness to believe
was enough for a beginning.
It's been true in my case,
nor could I quarrel with "restore us to sanity,"
for my actions drunk or sober, before AA,
were not those of a sane person.
My desire to be honest with myself made it necessary
for me to realize that my thinking was irrational.
It had to be, or I could not have justified
my erratic behavior as I did.
I've benefited from a dictionary definition I found
that reads:
"rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason
for socially unacceptable behavior,
and socially unacceptable behavior
is a form of insanity."

Thought to Ponder....

I would rather go through life sober,
believing I am an alcoholic,
than go through life drunk,
trying to convince myself that I am not.

Recovery Related Acronym

S O B E R = Sanity Only By Ever Reminding.