AA Thought for the Day

July 9, 2006

Willpower

Consider the ways we could manage to get a drink
in defiance of all visible possibilities.
Merely to get up some mornings --
with a rusting cast-iron stomach,
all your teeth wearing tiny sweaters,
and each hair electrified --
takes willpower many nondrinkers rarely dream of.
Once you've gotten up with your head,
on those certain mornings, the ability to carry it
all through the day is further evidence
of fabulous strength of will.
Oh yes, real drinkers have real willpower.
The trick we learned was to put that will to work
for our health, and make ourselves explore
recovery ideas at great depth.

Reprinted from Living Sober, Page 84, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Life leaps like a geyser
for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

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


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