AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
June 27, 2017
A Double-Edged Sword
The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us:
first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking,
and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process.
Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in singlehanded combat.
It was a statistical fact that alcoholics almost never recovered on their own resources.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 22
Thought to Ponder . . .
Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.
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