AA Thought for the Day
December 1, 2005
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Adjusting Our Sails
We have ceased fighting anything or anyone -- even alcohol.
For by this time sanity has returned.
We can now react sanely and normally,
and we find that this has happened almost automatically.
We see that this new attitude toward liquor
is really a gift of God.
Thought to Ponder....
I would rather go through life sober,
believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk,
trying to convince myself that I am not.
Recovery Related Acronym
G I F T S = Getting It From The Steps.
A Member Shares...
I'm Lucia, an alcoholic.
The November 26 Thought to Ponder -- "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails" -- stopped me in my tracks. That saying has been a most meaningful part of my happy sober living time and time again. It's a short form of the Serenity Prayer -- as is the less poetic "Play the cards you've been dealt" -- and is a short-form summary of how to get to happy, joyous and free. I give thanks every day for a Higher Power who guides me through the Steps to a life I never imagined. No blame game here. All families are dysfunctional. I drank because I was thirsty. I don't get thirsty any more -- and that's only the beginning. Thanks God, for basic AA.
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