AA Thought for the Day

Did I, an alcoholic, have a defective character?
Of course I did.
Was I, an alcoholic, also a sick man? Yes, very.
To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking,
I don't know. Yet I'm not one to take complete refuge
in the idea that I was a sick man only.
In earlier years I certainly had some degree of free will.
That free will I used badly,
to the great misery of my mother and countless others.
I am deeply ashamed. . .
Ten years ago, a friend came to me bearing the light
which finally led me out of the toils.
There will come a day like that for you and yours --
I'm so confident!
- Bill W., December 1944.

Thought to Ponder....

The Program was a dazzling gem
being dangled before my eyes.

Recovery Related Acronym

W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness.