24hrsAday

through the better part of two decades i've struggled with this word Acceptance.. i've struggled with the fact that i am an alcoholic and 100% powerless over alcohol.. i've struggled with who i am.. i've struggled with loss's and jobs.. with all these things and more the word keeps on coming up.. it can in time bring peace..

yeahgr8

Wow this was an important word for me, same as you 2 decades, about a year ago i accepted that i was powerless over alcohol, in so much as if i have one i will drink as much as i can until i can drink no more, gone was any delusion on any level that i could control it. So i accepted this was my life, 5 beers and 2 bottles of wine a night and i functioned for 6 months in a new job, foreign country etc. OK so i've got that down, then i accepted that if this was my lot i would rather not be here and as i was taking this really seriously accepted that perhaps, after 20 years of trying, was not the best person to help me and got help. Now comes the big one with 4 months sober i totally accept that if i do not make drastic and actionable lifestyle and thought changes i will be hitting that bottle again at some point and this is the reason that i have now accepted that i need to go to AA to follow a path that has given alcoholics the chance at a better and productive life.

Why the hell it took 20 years to accept all the above...you tell me?!

CarolD

Many new AA members are asked by their sponsors
to read that section in our Big Book everyday

It's on page 419 in Edition 4
When I got sober with Edition 3
"Read 449" was often heard in conversations.

I too find it comforting ...