June 26 For most normal folks , drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. Alcoholics Anonymous p.151
The longer I chased these elusive feelings with alcohol, the more out of reach they were. However , by applying this passage to my sobriety , I found that it described the magnificent new life made availiable to me by the A.A. program."It" truly does "get better" one day at a time. The warmth, the love and the joy so simply expressed in these words grow in breadth and depth each time I read it. Sobriety is a gift that grows each time. Daily Reflections p.186
June 26 For most normal folks , drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. Alcoholics Anonymous p.151
The longer I chased these elusive feelings with alcohol, the more out of reach they were. However , by applying this passage to my sobriety , I found that it described the magnificent new life made availiable to me by the A.A. program."It" truly does "get better" one day at a time. The warmth, the love and the joy so simply expressed in these words grow in breadth and depth each time I read it. Sobriety is a gift that grows each time. Daily Reflections p.186