AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
August 17, 2016
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Carrying the Message
We know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away. . .
For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity. . .
. . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission —
to carry the AA message to those who don’t know there’s a way out.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 151
Thought to Ponder . . .
Only in giving do we receive in full measure.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
T L C = Tears, Laughter, Caring.
A Member Shares:
Hello everyone, I'm Steven, a sober alcoholic. Some of you might have heard me tell this story before. I gave a man a ride to meetings for six months. I'd pick him up, drop him off, and did a 12-Step call with him. I promised I would continue to pick him up until he asked me to stop coming to get him. After each meeting I'd pull into a liquor store and buy him a quart of beer; that's all he was drinking in those 6 months. One day we pulled into the liquor store and he said "what are we doing here?" I said well, we're getting your beer. He replied he'd made a decision that day to stop drinking and to take him home. On the way home he asked me to sponsor him. Today this man is still sober 17 years, he's remarried, his wife is also in the Fellowship. They've had 2 children together and own a home now as well. So I never give up on anyone, because when I got sober I stopped playing God. I wasn't doing a great job so I gave the job back to the rightful owner -- God Himself. I love this Fellowship and I will keep coming back because of people like you. If you folks treated me like dirt and tried to shame me into recovery I would not be alive today. I would have drunk myself to death. The still suffering alcoholic is why WE is the first word in the First Step. WE carry a message of HOPE to the still suffering alcoholic to help him/her recover from alcoholism. I'm not here to shame or lay guilt trips on folks for drinking. Alcoholics drink; that's we do. I can only be there and love those still suffering alcoholics until they achieve sobriety. I love each and every one of you, thanks.
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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
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