AA Thought for the Day

February 19, 2006

Fantasy

Above all, we reject fantasizing and accept reality.
The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything.
I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections.
In my mind's eye, I played and replayed scenes
in which I was plucked magically from the bar
where I stood nursing a drink,
and was instantly exalted to some position
of power and prestige.
I lived in a dream world.
AA led me gently from this fantasizing
to embrace reality with open arms.
And I found it beautiful!
For, at last, I was at peace with myself.
And with others. And with God.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 559, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

It takes a realist to believe in miracles.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

S O B E R = Son Of a Basket, Everything's Real.


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