AA Thought for the Day - January 10, 2015

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

January 10, 2015

Unmanageability
The First Step says, "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."
This didn't say we had to be in jail, ten, fifty, or one hundred times. It didn't say I had to lose one, five, or ten jobs.
It didn't say I had to lose my family. It didn't say I had to finally live on skid row and drink bay rum, canned heat, or lemon extract.
It did say I admitted I was powerless over alcohol -- that my life had become unmanageable. . .
It wasn't how far I had gone, but where I was headed.

- - Alcoholics Anonymous . . ., p. 354

Thought to Ponder . . .
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

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

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