AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
August 25, 2023
The Jumping-off Place
Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away
with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn’t happy about
his sobriety. He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable
to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness
such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 152
Thought to Ponder . . .
I have learned that I did not get here a day early or a drink short.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P A I D = Pitiful And Incomprehensible Demoralization.
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