AA Thought for the Day

November 14, 2003

Trouble

There was a time when we ignored trouble,
hoping it would go away.
Or, in fear and in depression, we ran from it,
but found it was still with us. . .
Then came AA.
Here we learned that trouble was really a fact of life for everybody --
a fact that had to be understood and dealt with.
Surprisingly, we found that our troubles could,
under God's grace,
be converted into unimagined blessings.
- Bill W., Letter 1966.

Reprinted from As Bill Sees It, Page 110, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Spiritual and emotional growth
does not depend so much upon success
as it does upon failures and setbacks.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

H I T = Hang In There.


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