AA Thought for the Day
November 30, 2003
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Coping
God willing, we members of AA
may never again have to deal with drinking,
but we have to deal with sobriety every day.
How do we do it?
By learning -- through practicing the Twelve Steps
and through sharing at meetings --
how to cope with the problems that we looked to booze to solve,
back in our drinking days.
Thought to Ponder....
The Seven T's --
Take Time To Think The Thing Through.
Recovery Related Acronym
I S M = I Sabotage Myself.
A Member Shares...
Hi, I'm Joyce, an alcoholic.
With the Holidays looming over us there is that thing that tells me I can have one glass of wine with my "house full of company." My drug of addiction and my "ISM" is alive and well. It was exactly at this time of the year that I had my last drink of alcohol and of course, everyone drinks, but not everyone stays drunk until Valentine's Day. It took a little longer (December, 19, 1979) to shake my other drug of addiction. B-r-r-r-r! oh! how I can still experience those feelings of kicking that addiction. But, only when I really think the thought through of how it was. If I ever take a drink I will end up in another county! I certainly will not be here in my loving home. People tend to say, "Oh, drinking is no longer an option for me." I hear it at meetings all of the time. My friends, you and I know that it is always -- an option. Isn't it wonderful to exercise our choice today?
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