AA Thought for the Day - September 23, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

September 23, 2015

Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
Alcoholism is deadly, ugly, and rough.  It is also cunning, baffling, and powerful.
It wants me to consider perfection attainable. . .
It wants me to believe that self-indulgence is fine, as long as I call it self-forgiveness. . .
It wants me to forget that it is a snake in the brain, hoping to catch my eye, watching, waiting.
The gritty pain of alcoholism is the traction of recovery.
I cannot afford to sell off the principles for an easier, softer way.
- The Best of the Grapevine pp. 32-33

Thought to Ponder . . .
Pain nourishes courage.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Alive.

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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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