AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
April 6, 2014
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Emotional Sobriety
How to translate a right mental conviction into a right emotional result,
and so into easy, happy, and good living --
well, that's not only the neurotic's problem, it's the problem of life itself for all of us
who have got to the point of real willingness to hew to right principles in all our affairs.
Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy may still elude us.
That's the place so many of us AA oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot.
- The Language of the Heart, p. 237
Thought to Ponder . . .
Spiritual and emotional growth does not depend so much upon success
as it does upon failures and setbacks.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Hang On! Peace Exists.
A Member Shares:
Hi everyone, my name's Scott, and I am most definitely an alcoholic. I have 27 days today. 28 days ago, I was suffering really badly, and although I didn't drink, I shook and rattled for almost five days. This morning, I woke up and actually smiled. Not one of those painted-on-for-effect smiles either. It was a real, honest-to-God happy-to-be-alive smile. I have had various periods of "dryness" in AA, dating back to 1974. I was nineteen back then, and hadn't done a lot of "yets." I have done most of them today, lost count of the jobs and relationships I've lost, my kids don't bother to call today, all except one that is, and I don't get to see my grandkids. But I am sober. The difference in me today is I want to be here more than I need to be here. That's a big difference. Faith is important to me today along with my desire to be sober. It's taken me seven long years to get back after my last real drinking spree. I had three and a half years of sobriety and I blew it. I couldn't stop after that, and I got sicker and sicker. But today I took a nap. It was a contented sleep untroubled by dreams or nightmares, and it lasted five hours! My sobriety is something worth cherishing, and I cherish it very much. Thanks for listening.
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