cunning, baffling, powerful!

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) April 18, 2014 Alcoholism Alcoholism is deadly, ugly, and tough. It is also cunning, baffling, and powerful. It wants me to consider perfection attainable. . . It wants me to try to fix myself with the right therapist or the right religion. . . 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 [Vol. 3], p. 165 Thought to Ponder . . . Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful!