AA Thought for the Day - December 31, 2015

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

December 31, 2015

Isolation
Isolation sneaks up on us.  We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad.
We can isolate ourselves in an attempt to clean up our apartments (and then not do the cleaning);
we can isolate ourselves in churches or in sleep; we can use family, sweethearts, compulsive working, television.
The list is long.  The nicest way to end it is the way you and I do: together.   Reach out -- people can't read your mind.
Say ouch!  Someone hears.  Always.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 1], pp. 84-85

Thought to Ponder . . .
An alcoholic is someone who wants to be held while isolating.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Y A N A = You Are Not Alone.

Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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