AA Thought for the Day

March 31, 2003

Taking the Fifth

We pocket our pride and go to it,
illuminating every twist of character,
every dark cranny of the past.
Once we have taken this step,
withholding nothing, we are delighted.
We can look the world in the eye.
We can be alone at perfect peace and ease.
Our fears fall from us.
We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator.
We may have had certain spiritual beliefs,
but now we begin to have a spiritual experience.
The feeling that the drink problem has disappeared
will often come strongly.
We feel we are on the Broad Highway,
walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 75, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Step Five allowed me to move from being a whiner to being a winner.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

Y A N A = You Are Not Alone.


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