AA Thought for the Day

April 13, 2004

Hitting Bottom

Why all this insistence that every AA must hit bottom first?
The answer is that few people will sincerely try
to practice the AA program
unless they have hit bottom. . .
Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to AA,
and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation.
Then, and only then,
do we become as open-minded to conviction
and as willing to listen as the dying can be.
We stand ready to do anything
which will lift the merciless obsession from us.
- Bill W.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 24, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

If you think you are an alcoholic, chances are you are.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

K I S S = Keep It Simple; Surrender.


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