AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
November 24, 2016
Holiday 'Blues'
If there is any message here for those coming to our Fellowship new and shaky in the late fall,
it is this: Hang on; stick close; live for the day or the moment;
don't let the mechanical reactions of the past sneak up on you;
don't spoil the present, imperfect as it may seem, with a single shot,
a single glass of enticingly sparkling wine.
The sense of accomplishment and comfortableness that follows on making
it through one's first sober holidays is beyond compare.
There may be tensions in later years, but none quite so traumatic.
And if ever the holiday blues do strike, call on your AA friends.
They understand because they've been there, too. They have learned, as you will,
the more than compensatory joys of gratitude, and giving, and beginning each day anew.
- AA Grapevine, November 1967
Thought to Ponder . . .
I am worth staying sober for.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
O D A A T = One Day At A Time.
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
dailythought@aa-alive.org
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