AA Thought for the Day

July 7, 2004

Divine Paradox

Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards
as he tries to help his brother alcoholic,
the one who is even blinder than he.
This is indeed the kind of giving
that actually demands nothing.
He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him,
or even love him.
And then he discovers that by the divine paradox
of this kind of giving he has found his own reward,
whether his brother has yet received anything or not.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 109, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

We surrender to win; we give away to keep;
we suffer to get well; we die to live.


Recovery Related Acronym

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H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together.


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