AA Thoughts For The Day-Fantasy

[CarolD]

AA Thought for the Day

Fantasy

Above all, we reject fantasizing and accept reality.
The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything.
I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections.
In my mind's eye, I played and replayed scenes
in which I was plucked from the bar
where I stood nursing a drink,
and was instantly exalted to some position
of power and prestige.
I lived in a dream world.
AA led me gently from this fantasizing
to embrace reality with open arms.
And I found it beautiful!
For at last, I was at peace with myself.
And with others. And with God.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 559,
with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.

Thought to Ponder....
AA brought me home when I had lost my way.

Recovery Related Acronym

H O P E = Honest, Open, Positive, Environment.

[vashti45]

Thanks, Carol! I'm finding in my step work this year that step 2 is meaning more and more to me. It's bringing a kind of hope that's more solid than just the "I hope I can do this" thoughts I've had earlier in recovery. Now it's more like "I know my HP will do this." Very cool.

Thanks for all you do, Carol. I don't post much, but I always look for your posts.

Vashti