One of the main differences between an active alcoholic
and a recovering alcoholic
can be expressed as a matter of tense.
The active alcoholic tends to live in the future or in the past.
The sober alcoholic, using part of the philosophy he learns
in his AA experience,
lives or strives to live in the present.
The nondrinking alcoholic discovers in AA
that you can't Get Ahead until you learn to be Here. . .
The Here-and-Now is the only reality,
whereas in the unreal world of the drinking alcoholic
there was only yesterday-and-tomorrow.

Thought to Ponder....

I am grateful for this minute.
My eternity may be in it.

Recovery Related Acronym

J F T = Just For Today.