AA Thought for the Day - February 22 2016

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
February 22, 2016

Young People
It is very different to be a sober member of AA when you are young.  If you doubt this, think back to when you were sixteen
and try to imagine yourself working the Steps in your life then as you do today.
Couple this with other people telling you that you are too young be an alcoholic and you can see how hard it is.
I know one thing for certain: no young person ever needs to hear that she has gotten sober before she had to hurt plenty.
She needs to hear what every newcomer does who comes into the Fellowship:
"Welcome.  This is AA, where the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking."
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 3], p. 183

Thought to Ponder . . .
Newcomers are the lifeblood of the program; but our old-timers are the arteries.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
F E L L O W S H I P =
Faith, Empathy, Learning, Love, Openness, Wisdom, Self-worth, Hope, Insight, Peace.

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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