markz

........it really is, Just Another Day.

I needed no excuse to drink. I drank because it was too sunny out, too cold out, too hot out, too much snow, too cloudy, too windy. I really needed no reason at all to drink when I was drinking. I drank because someone looked at me wrong, I drank to celebrate, I drank to not remember, I drank when things were good, I drank when things were bad. I am an alcoholic, I need no reason at all to drink. I drank when I got off on manslaughter charges, I drank when I was found guilty of attempted murder, I drank before I went to jail, I drank after I got out. I drank when I was on parole, I drank when I got off parole.

If I do things my way, I drink. If I do things Gods way, I do not drink!
If I am stuck in self, I drink. If I am selfless, I do not drink!
If my ego is inflating, I drink. If I have a deflated ego, I do not drink!
If I help myself, I drink. If I help others, I do not drink!
If I skip around the steps, I drink. If I do the steps in order, I do not drink!

Pretty simple stuff when you actually look at it, and study it.
Go get your Big Book and tell me what it says on the front book cover?
"This is the Fourth Edition of the Big Book, The Basic Text for Alcoholics Anonymous"

Text Book - A book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.