AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010
Merry-go-round
I began to feel like a clown juggling too many balls.
Each ball represented a problem I was keeping up in the air.
My arms were weary and I knew I couldn't keep on much longer,
but I was not about to give up. My pride and ego wouldn't let me.
Bosses, judges, co-workers, lawyers, car notes, bar tabs, loan sharks,
utility payments, landlords, my girlfriend, people I had double-crossed --
I looked to all these as the source of my problems,
while overlooking the most basic problem: my drinking and myself.
I'd known for a long time that I desperately wanted off this merry-go-round,
but I had no idea how to do it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 506
Thought to Ponder ...
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
AA-related 'Alconym' ...
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness
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