AA Thought for the Day - September 16, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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September 16, 2015

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Rationalization
Maybe I can postpone dealing with some of my problems indefinitely.  Of course, this will not do.
Such a bluffing of oneself will have to go the way of many another pleasant rationalization.
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects
and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 69

Thought to Ponder . . .
Procrastination is really sloth in five syllables.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A B C = Action, Belief, Continue.

A Member Shares:
I'm Erin, an alcoholic.  There are always a million reasons to not do what we're supposed to do, or what we need to do.  But we've got to do these things anyway.  I try to hold on to what it is I need to do, so when the excuses come, as they do, I know what my goal is, or what I'm working toward.  The program of AA -- Steps, sponsor, prayer, etc., is the way out of my misery and out of being drunk.  I don't have to like some aspect of the program, but I have to do it anyway if I want to maintain my sobriety.  I don't have to feel like doing something to do it.  I don't have to enjoy something to do it.  I just have to do it.  So when the excuses, some of them very good excuses that seem like "reasons," start to pile up, I need to hold on to what I'm doing: the program of AA.  Thanks for letting me share.
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