AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
July 3, 2016
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Hope
Hope is the key that unlocks the door of discouragement.
The program promises me that if I do not pick up the first drink today, I will always have hope.
- Daily Reflections, p. 70
Thought to Ponder . . .
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.
A Member Shares:
I'm Steve, an alcoholic. I didn't have any hope when I came to AA - just desperation. My first meeting gave me an inkling of hope that I didn't have to do this alone, and that there were folks who really gave a damn whether I lived or died. They gave me the best info but I could only take in a small amount. Despite the fact I hadn't had a drink in 6 weeks prior to my first meeting, I wasn't experiencing any improvements in my mental or spiritual state. I'm really grateful I survived the drinking /drugging. Early sobriety was tough for me, not because I wasn't willing but because my problems became even more acute without the booze to kill the pain and confusion. The best way to describe me back then is that I was a 29-year-old in a pensioner's body coupled with the mind of an Alzheimer’s victim. Although I couldn't retain a page of reading from the books, I kept at it. One day at a time, I began to come out of my alcohol-induced coma. My primary purpose back then, and still is today, to not take that first drink and do the best I can to improve. Over time I have improved. I can speak without stammering. I don’t know if I have given anyone else any hope but I sure have given myself some. Thank you.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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