AA Thought for the Day - May 7, 2015

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

May 7, 2015

Willpower
We know for sure that alcoholics do have tremendous willpower.
Consider the ways we could manage to get a drink in defiance of all visible possibilities.
Merely to get up some mornings -- with a rusting cast-iron stomach, all your teeth wearing tiny sweaters, and each hair electrified --
takes willpower many nondrinkers rarely dream of.
Once you've gotten up with your head, on those certain mornings, the ability to carry it all through the day
is further evidence of fabulous strength of will.  Oh yes, real drinkers have real willpower.
The trick we learned was to put that will to work for our health, and to make ourselves explore recovery ideas at great length.
- Living Sober, p. 84

Thought to Ponder . . .
I had to get sober to be amazed.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness.

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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