AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
January 30, 2013
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Providence
It is truly awful to admit, glass in hand, we have warped our minds
into such an obsession for destructive drinking
that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 21
Thought to Ponder . . .
When I share my story and remember the last days of my drinking,
I remember the desperation of selling the last pieces of my soul.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Alive.
A Member Shares:
My name is Kathy, and I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. Who cares to admit complete defeat? I certainly didn’t want to think that I couldn't take care of my own life responsibly. I’d been bled of self-sufficiency, all right. The last five years of my drinking were nothing but a blurred blackout existence. One night, I drove to my parents’ house wanting to see if I could spend the night in my own bed. Since I had been living in the woods in my car for the past two weeks I knew I needed a good night's sleep. I was going through a divorce. My mother said "If you set one foot in this house, I’m calling the police.” I turned and went back to my car and sat there for a good 30 minutes looking around the backyard where I’d grown up, and I thought, “This is it. I need to make a decision about my drinking.” I found myself between a rock and a hard place. I was afraid to die of alcoholism and afraid to go on living without alcohol. Something that I’d heard at an early AA meeting came to me out of nowhere: "When you get sick and tired of being sick and tired, you will do something about your drinking." As far as I’m concerned that was an act of providence. It was the turning point, I needed help to stop drinking, and I could not do it myself. I had my 4th DUI that night, and ended up in a mental facility in detox. It was all uphill after that. Fast-forward to today: I have a loving, caring, trusting, Higher Power of my understanding that I turn to for guidance with all situations. I’m very grateful. Thanks for listening.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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