AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
July 23, 2026
Self-Deception
By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try
to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic.
If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do
the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off
to him. Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long
enough to drink like other people!
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 31
Thought to Ponder . . .
Alcoholism is giving up everything for one thing.
Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.
AA-related 'Alconym'
D E N I A L = Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.
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