AA Thought for the Day

January 8, 2005

Hangovers

When a drunk has a terrific hangover
because he drank heavily yesterday,
he cannot live well today.
But there is another kind of hangover
which we all experience whether we are drinking or not.
That is the emotional hangover,
the direct result of yesterday's and sometimes today's
excesses of negative emotion --
anger, fear, jealousy, and the like.
If we would live serenely today and tomorrow,
we certainly need to eliminate these hangovers.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 88, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

I can't start doing what's right
until I stop doing what's wrong.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

A A = Accountable Actions.


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