Daily Reflections...Comments Welcomed

[CarolD]

*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*


And No More Reservations

We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."......... If we are planning to stop drinking there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.
©ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Page 33

These words are underlined in my book. They are true for men and women alcoholics. On many occasions I've turned to this page and reflected on this passage. I need never fool myself by recalling my sometimes differing drinking patterns, or by believing I am "cured." I like to think that, if sobriety is God's gift to me, then my sober life is my gift to God. I hope God is as happy with His gift as I am with mine.
Page 91



©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©

[CarolD]

Step 2 restored me to sanity
to drink again
would be totally insane!

[barb dwyer]

" if sobriety is God's gift to me, then my sober life is my gift to God. "

Thank you, Carol ... this alone ... has made a tough day ... make more sense.