AA Thought for the Day - June 16, 2015

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

June 16, 2015

Reality
Above all, we reject fantasizing and accept reality.  The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything.
I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections.  In my mind's eye I played and replayed scenes
in which I was plucked magically from the bar where I stood nursing a drink
and was instantly exalted to some position of power and prestige.  I lived in a dream world.
AA led me gently from this fantasizing to embrace reality with open arms.
And I found it beautiful!  For, at last, I was at peace with myself.  And with others.  And with God.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 559

Thought to Ponder . . .
New ideals and new attitudes bring a new life.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free.

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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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