Is there no hope for the very intelligent alcoholic
who cannot see that it's his ego, not his IQ,
that is the issue in his drinking?
Yes, there is indeed hope.
By a paradox he will later rejoice in,
but cannot recognize today,
his progressive illness will save him.
If it doesn't kill him first,
alcoholism will beat him to his knees.
Pain will be his educator, his mentor. . .
He will echo the words
at the end of chapter two of the Big Book:
"Yes, I am one of them, I must have this thing."

Thought to Ponder....

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible,
and achieves the impossible.

Recovery Related Acronym

H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.