June 7
The Lessons of Sobriety
A concise statement of recovery is: Short-term gain with long-term risk is addictive behavior; short-term sacrifice with long-term gain is sobriety. Perhaps you are overcome by an urge to buy something you cannot afford, and are then burdened with long-term indebtedness. Or you binge on sweets and spend days trying to lose weight that took moments to acquire. If we could feed data into a computer and print out a message that said, Caution! This is a short-term gain and long-term loss, we might avoid much destructive behavior. In absence of such a device, we have recourse to sponsors, whom we should use wisely.
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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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