AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
November 17, 2014
Depression
My depression deepened unbearably and finally it seemed to me as though I were at the very bottom of the pit.
I still gagged badly on the notion of a Power greater than myself, but finally, just for the moment,
the last vestige of my proud obstinacy was crushed.
All at once I found myself crying out, "If there is a God, let Him show Himself! I am ready to do anything, anything!"
Suddenly the room lit up with a great white light. I was caught into an ecstasy which there are no words to describe.
It seemed to me, in the mind's eye, that I was on a mountain and a wind not of air but of spirit was blowing.
And then it burst upon me that I was a free man.
(Bill W., AA co-founder)
- Alcoholics Anonymous Comes Of Age, p. 63
Thought to Ponder . . .
God enters us through our wounds.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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