AA Thought for the Day

It is always worthwhile to consider
how grossly that good word acceptance can be misused.
It can be warped to justify nearly every brand
of weakness, nonsense, and folly.
For instance, we can "accept" failure as a chronic condition . . .
We can "accept" worldly success pridefully . . .
We can also "accept" illness and death
as certain evidence of a hostile and godless universe.
With these twistings of acceptance,
we AA's have had vast experience.
Hence we constantly try to remind ourselves
that these perversions of acceptance are just gimmicks
for excuse-making:
a losing game at which we are, or at least have been,
the world's champions.
- Bill W., March 1962.

Thought to Ponder....

My serenity is directly proportional
to my level of acceptance.

Recovery Related Acronym

A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.