AA Thought for the Day

The man with the grown-up brain and the childish emotions
-- vanity, self-interest, false pride, jealousy,
longing for social approval, to name a few --
becomes a prime candidate for alcohol.
To my way of thinking, that is a definition of alcoholism;
a state of being in which the emotions have failed to grow
to the stature of the intellect.
I know there are some alcoholics who seem terribly, terribly grown-up,
but I think that they are trying to make themselves think they are grown-up,
and the strain of their effort is what is causing them to drink --
a sense of inadequacy, a childish vanity to be the most popular,
the most sought after, the mostest of the most.
And all this, of course, is, in the popular modern jargon,
"compensation" for immaturity.

Thought to Ponder....

Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional,
growing spiritually is up to you.

Recovery Related Acronym

P R I D E = Personal Recovery Involves Deflating Ego.