AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
November 16, 2014
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A New Happiness
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83-84
Thought to Ponder . . .
Happiness is part of the journey, not some distant destination.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
T H I N K = The Happiness I Never Knew.
A Member Shares:
I'm Mallory, an alcoholic. At 126 days, I've got my mind back, my soul back and my life back. I suffered for twenty years with depression, ten of those with alcoholism on top of it. I'm only twenty-eight years old. It took completely losing my mind and landing my behind in the psych ward to activate a real change. The last night I drank I was in a total blackout and begged my fiancé to kill me. I woke up wishing I was dead. The last few years of my drinking life I drank in an attempt at suicide. In the midst of my pain, I asked God, "WHY? WHY AM I STILL HERE?" Later, I completely lost touch with reality in a bout of total psychosis. After drying out and spending over a week in the hospital I was finally able to think somewhat clearly. The Fellowship brought AA meetings to the hospital. One day I had no idea I had sat down in the middle of one, thinking it was just another group therapy session. The words "My name is Mallory, and I'm an alcoholic" spilled out of my mouth. From the ashes of my old self I have come to believe that a Power greater than any human will restore my sanity. Now, I want life because I know that through all of it, God kept me alive for a reason. I did everything in my pathetic human power to destroy myself but God saw fit to prevent it every time. There is a bigger reason than I can ever understand for this, and now I'm perfectly happy to let God reveal that to me. I will no longer drink at my depression. I will no longer wish I was dead. I now have a new happiness and a new way of life that brings with it all the blessings of the Universe. Thank you for letting me share.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
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