AA Thought for the Day

May 10, 2007

Stopping

I remember telling a friend years ago
that I didn't have a drinking problem, I had a stopping problem.
We laughed. It was true, but there was something else going on,
something that never occurred to me until I came to AA.
I didn't just have a stopping problem.
I had a starting problem too.
No matter how often I stopped, or for how long,
I always started drinking again.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 372-373, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

If you want to quit drinking, you are going to have to quit drinking.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

A A = Absolute Abstinence.


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