November 9
From Mirage to Reality
Addiction is a mirage; sobriety is real. The person who sets out toward sobriety may not see the goal, but the goal is real nevertheless. A veteran recovering addict described first steps in recovery as someone waiting to cross a river and told to start rowing. But there is no boat, he protests. Never mind! he is told. Just begin rowing. The boat will appear. When scores of people assure us that as we begin to row the boat will appear and we can safely cross the river-and when such assurance is based on abundant personal experience, we gather the courage to begin rowing. The sobriety boat indeed appears.
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"No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time!
God says that each of us is worth loving.
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