AA Thought for the Day

February 7, 2006

Paradox 2

2. WE GIVE AWAY TO KEEP.
That seems absurd and untrue.
How can you keep anything if you give it away?
But in order to keep whatever it is we get in AA,
we must go about giving it away to others,
for no fees or rewards of any kind.
When we cannot afford to give away
what we have received so freely in AA,
we had better get ready for our next "drunk."
It will happen every time.
We've got to continue to give it away in order to keep it.

Reprinted from Experience, Strength and Hope, p. 156, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

We surrender to win;
we give away to keep; we suffer to get well;
we die to live.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

H E L P = Hope, Encouragement, Love, Patience.


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