AA Thought for the Day

December 6, 2005

Responsibility

I realized for the first time that 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 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....

It's not your fault, but it is your responsibility.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.


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