AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
May 28, 2017
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Laughter
So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked
when we bust into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past.
But why shouldn’t we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p 132
Thought to Ponder . . .
Laughter is the sound of recovery.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
T L C = Tears, Laughter, Caring
A Member Shares:
I'm Charlie J. I have Alcoholism. This topic for me is filled with E. S. & especially H. The H. is Hope. It contains an important self inventory question I had to ask myself. "We insist on enjoying life. "So if I am not enjoying life, why? I was really spiritually sick when I came to A.A. to stay. So sick that I laughed when those around me were crying and cried when they were laughing. When drinking I got my best laughs at your expense. Only in that way could I feel superior to you or better then you. Today the best laughs I have are at my own expense. They come when I am all serious and then do the dumbest thing I could do. Happens a lot! LOL Sometimes it can pretty dumb. I laugh a lot because I still make mistakes, and I goof up too. I remember the first time I shared something I thought was extremely dramatic at a meeting. The group laughed. I was new and nothing back then was funny. Had I not had the next thought, there could have been trouble. That thought was as I looked around the room, these people are not laughing at me, they are laughing with me. A very BIG difference! They really do understand and many have done some of the very same types of thing I have. LOL I think that might have been a case of divine intervention. As my thinking was so screwed up, I had a hard time reading an entire sentence back then. I hope our new friends find their way in A.A.. I hope they join us and in time see the dark humor only we Alcoholics can have and understand it and share it with each other. 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.
In grateful service,
peyton h
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