AA Thought for the Day

February 13, 2006

Incurable

We remember we have an incurable,
potentially fatal ailment called alcoholism.
And instead of persisting in drinking,
we prefer to figure out, and use, enjoyable ways of living
without alcohol. It is no disgrace.
No one knows exactly why some people become alcoholics
while others don't. It is not their fault.
We did not want to become alcoholics.
We did not try to get this illness. . .
We did not deliberately, maliciously, set out to do the things
we were later ashamed of.
We did them against our better judgment and instinct
because we were really sick and didn't even know it.

Reprinted from Living Sober, pp. 9-10, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Alcoholism is incurable, progressive, and fatal.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

S T O P = Sicker Than Other People.


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