AA Thought for the Day
May 23, 2007
The Tyrant
In the life of each AA member, there lurks a tyrant.
His name is alcohol. He is cunning, ruthless.
And his weapons are misery, insanity, and death.
No matter how long we may be sober, he always stands at each man's elbow,
ever watchful of an opportunity to resume his destruction.
Like an agent of the Gestapo he ever threatens each AA citizen
with torture or extinction.
Unless, of course, the AA citizen is willing to live unselfishly,
often placing the welfare of AA as a whole ahead of his own
personal plans and ambitions.
Apparently no human being can force alcoholics
to live happily and usefully together.
But Mr. John Barleycorn can -- and he often does!
- Bill W., July 1946.
Thought to Ponder....
Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful!
Recovery Related Acronym
B A R = Beware Alcohol, Run!
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