AA Thought for the Day - February 8, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 8, 2015

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Willingness
A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 122

Thought to Ponder . . .
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.

A Member Shares:
I'm Beth, an alcoholic.  It's an interesting thing, this willingness, because willingness really is the key.  We come in here beaten and scared as only "the dying" can be, and we are willing as hell.  Then something happens.  We forget the pain, get a little arrogant, and then decide, (and this is a phrase I've heard a lot from people who pick up again) the thought process that results in, "I've got this!"  More so than honesty, more so than open-mindedness, if I can remain willing to walk toward sobriety the solution, although they go hand-in-hand, and if I can keep that seed of willingness to do what you tell me, then I have a chance one day at a time to lead a sober, somewhat sane, life. Thank you.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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