AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
October 2, 2013
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Growing Up
Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety,
from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love,
from childish dependence to adult responsibility -- all this
and infinitely more represent change for the better.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 76
Thought to Ponder . . .
Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
K I S S = Keep It Serenely Simple.
A Member Shares:
I'm Deborah, an alcoholic. Speaking of “growing up,” I only have 4 months sober, but it has been a very long 4 months. I began using when I was very young and felt it was ok to help me escape my life. Once an adult, old enough to make a decision, I enjoyed staying out of life. I don't know why, I guess I didn't know any other way so I stayed in that life. Years back, I quit drugs and began growing up, but I couldn't let go of alcohol so life was still not lived by my choice -- how I really wanted to live. When you're a kid and you imagine your life, you are imagining it by your own choices. On April 4th, I went into detox by my choice, and things are so different. I’m really growing up! I feel like a little kid, doing silly social events, making new friends and doing so many things all because I can. I took drinking to near death. I still might not make it out free and clear. I may have quit too late, but that’s ok. The strangest thing is that I am finding this amazing inner peace, and if I die tomorrow it’s ok because I am finally free. It’s weird to think it, let alone thinking it out loud. It’s hard to type because my eyes are watering. I’m exhausted, but happy. I really feel like I’m finally able to begin growing up without all the bad examples in my way. It’s too bad it took so long but at least it finally is happening for me. I almost gave up on growing up. That’s all I have.
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In love and service,
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