AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
July 16, 2014
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Freedom
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83-84
Thought to Ponder . . .
Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free.
A Member Shares:
I'm Bobbie Jo, and I'm an alcoholic. I surely feel free tonight. If I were to drink, I'd be in jail in more ways than one. I don't want to get locked up in the drunken world that I left a few years ago. In sobriety, I get to belong to my family and to my friends. I get the freedom to feel happy, sad, and everything else. I used to drink to avoid people and all those feelings. The good news is that I never have to drink again. I'm blessed to have listened to the old timers who told me that. For those who don't know, my son died 2 weeks ago. I had the freedom to live through it booze-free. Thanks to God, AA, the Steps, my cell phone and sponsor on the other end, and a new bunch of friends I met too, AA is everywhere. That's all I have, so blessed and grateful.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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