AA Thought for the Day

September 21, 2007

Love and Laughter

For weeks I sat in the back of the rooms,
silent when others shared their experience, strength, and hope.
I listened to their stories and found so many areas where we overlapped
-- not all of the deeds, but the feelings of remorse and hopelessness.
I learned that alcoholism isn't a sin, it's a disease.
That lifted the guilt I felt.
I learned that I didn't have to stop drinking forever,
but just not pick up that first drink one day, one hour at a time.
I could manage that.
There was laughter in those rooms and sometimes tears, but always love,
and when I let it in, that love helped me heal.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 344, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Laughter is the sound of recovery.


Recovery Related Acronym

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H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering Together.


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