AA Thought for the Day

October 31, 2004

Moral Responsibility

As a practicing alcoholic, I had no rights.
Society can do anything it chooses to do with me
when I am drunk, and I can't lift a finger to stop it,
for I forfeit my rights through the simple expedient
of becoming a menace to myself
and to the people around me.
With deep shame came the knowledge too
that I had lived with no sense of social obligation
nor had I known the meaning of moral responsibility
to my fellow men.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 549, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

There is only one corner of the universe
I can be certain of improving,
and that's my own self.


Recovery Related Acronym

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S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.


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