AA Thought for the Day
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April 17, 2016
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Relapse
We have tried every imaginable remedy.
In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse relapse.
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.
Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn't done so yet.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 31
Thought to Ponder . . .
This thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S L I P = Sobriety Lost Its Priority.
A Member Shares:
Hi all, I'm Laramie, an alcoholic. If I am going to stay sober I can never be led to believe that I have power over drinking again. I don't have a drinking problem. I can drink very well. I do have a stopping problem. In my month-long relapse, the first day I told myself, "One won't hurt." Then I said another won't hurt. Then, by the third, I didn't hear my voice at all anymore. The next day, feeling terrible all day, I said just one will make me feel better. Then another one won’t hurt. By the third, I didn't hear my inner voice. Each day for 32 days I continued this. After 4 months of sobriety I had convinced myself in one moment that I had power again. I told myself for 32 days that if I just tried a little harder and really committed to self-control it would be okay. When I realized I was back to the bottom of the pit I also realized that I was totally powerless over alcohol. If I let it in, it takes residence and tries to kill me. My relapse taught me that this will never be any different. It will always try to kill me if I let it in. I have the power to not drink today, but if I drink, I am doomed. I learned that I must always be vigilant against alcohol if I want to live. I can't ever take the first drink. Thank you.
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