AA Thought for the Day - January 12, 2016

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

January 12, 2016

Tradition One
"Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity."

At first nearly every alcoholic we approached began to slip, if indeed he sobered up at all.
Others would stay dry six months or maybe a year and then take a skid.  This was always a genuine catastrophe.
We would look at each other and say, "Who next?"  We were afraid that alcohol might completely undo us.
But today (1957) we see thousands of members completely sober for five, ten, fifteen, or even twenty years.
Slips are a very serious difficulty, but as a group we take them in stride.  Fear has evaporated.
Alcohol always threatens the individual, but we know it cannot destroy the common welfare.
- Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 96

Thought to Ponder . . .
There is no strength without unity.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
U S = United Spirits.

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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