AA Thought for the Day

Is there no hope for the very intelligent alcoholic
who cannot see it's his ego, not his IQ, that is the issue in his drinking?
Yes, there is indeed hope.
By a paradox he will later rejoice in, but cannot recognize today,
his progressive illness will save him.
If it doesn't kill him first, alcoholism will beat him to his knees.
Pain will be his educator, his mentor.
He will topple from the throne from which he looked down
with condescension upon "those alcoholics."
He will echo the words at the end of chapter two of the Big Book:
"Yes, I am one of them; I must have this thing."

Thought to Ponder....

The ego seeks the destination; the soul seeks the journey.

Recovery Related Acronym

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