AA Thought for the Day

April 1, 2005

Give It Away

We give away to keep.
That seems absurd and untrue.
How can you keep anything if you give it away?
But in order to keep whatever it is we get in AA,
we must go about giving it away to others,
for no fees or rewards of any kind.
When we cannot afford to give away
what we have received so freely in AA,
we had better get ready for our next "drunk."
It will happen every time.
We've got to continue to give it away
in order to keep it.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, (Second Edition), Page 341, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

I keep my sobriety by giving it away.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

H O W = Honest, Open, Willing.


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