AA Thought for the Day

April 24, 2004

Progress

I know that I am a walking miracle.
Literally overnight,
I went from years of twenty-four-hour crash drinking
to total sobriety, after everything had failed
except total surrender to the AA program.
From that foundation,
I am able to see certain glimmers of progress. . .
I have known all along, after all,
that my underlying problem was not drinking but living . . .
And as I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency,
I realize that my zigzag, erratic, and inconsistent course
was in the general direction of progress all the time.
That's good.

"A Slob's Guide to Spiritual Growth," April 1982.
Reprinted from The Best of the Grapevine (Vol. 1), Page 187, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Life is a steady drizzle of small things -- carry an umbrella.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?


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