AA Thought for the Day

October 9, 2005

The Tyrant

The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us:
first we were smitten by an insane urge
that condemned us to go on drinking,
and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would
ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.
Few indeed were those who, so assailed,
had ever won through in single-handed combat.
It was a statistical fact that alcoholics
almost never recovered on their own resources.
And this had been true, apparently, ever since man
had first crushed grapes.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 22, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful!


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

K I S S = Keep It Simple, Surrender.


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