AA Thought for the Day

January 29, 2005

Housecleaning

Time after time newcomers
have tried to keep to themselves
certain facts about their lives.
Trying to avoid this humbling experience,
they have turned to easier methods.
Almost invariably they got drunk.
Having persevered with the rest of the program,
they wondered why they fell.
We think the reason is
that they never completed their housecleaning.
They took inventory all right,
but hung on to some of the worst items in stock.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 72-73, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

I cannot mend if I bend the truth.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

N O W = No Other Way.


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