AA Thought for the Day
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December 6, 2015
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A Paradox
On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in A.A.
Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further;
only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish sobriety which we could never accomplish before.
We must, and we do, surrender in order to win.
- Alcoholics Anonymous [2nd Edition], p. 341
Thought to Ponder . . .
We surrender to win; we give away to keep; we suffer to get well; we die to live.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.
A Member Shares:
Hi all, I'm Di, an alcoholic recovering one day at a time. Perhaps the whole message of AA, or the intended message anyway, is a paradox. By surrendering completely, I am given strength I do not have. By completely ceasing to fight, I no longer have anything I need to fight. Out of defeat, comes strength. Until I was ready to admit that defeat, surrender completely, and become willing and honest, nothing was ever going to change. If I want new "stuff" I have to get rid of the old "stuff." And that's what the Steps teach me. Thanks for listening and being here.
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