AA Thought for the Day

February 8, 2006

Paradox 3

3. We SUFFER TO GET WELL.
There is no way to escape the terrible suffering of regret
and shame and embarrassment
which starts us on the road to getting well from our affliction.
There is no new way to shake out a hangover. It's painful.
And for us, necessarily so. . .
We suffer to get well.

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

S T O P = Start Thinking Of Positives.


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