AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
May 22, 2015
Defects
Did I, an alcoholic, have a defective character? Of course I did. Was I, an alcoholic, also a sick man? Yes, very.
To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking, I don't know.
Yet I'm not one to take complete refuge in the idea that I was a sick man only.
In earlier years I certainly had some degree of free will.
That free will I used badly, to the great misery of my mother and countless others. I am deeply ashamed.
As one who knows me a little, you may have heard how, ten years ago, a friend, himself a liberated alcoholic,
came to me bearing the light which finally led me out of the toils.
There will come a day like that for you and yours -- I'm so confident!
- The Language of the Heart, p. 102
Thought to Ponder . . .
Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
May 22, 2015
Defects
Did I, an alcoholic, have a defective character? Of course I did. Was I, an alcoholic, also a sick man? Yes, very.
To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking, I don't know.
Yet I'm not one to take complete refuge in the idea that I was a sick man only.
In earlier years I certainly had some degree of free will.
That free will I used badly, to the great misery of my mother and countless others. I am deeply ashamed.
As one who knows me a little, you may have heard how, ten years ago, a friend, himself a liberated alcoholic,
came to me bearing the light which finally led me out of the toils.
There will come a day like that for you and yours -- I'm so confident!
- The Language of the Heart, p. 102
Thought to Ponder . . .
Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.
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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