AA Thought for the Day January 16, 2009 Simplicity Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion: If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk. Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk, or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol, we have learned to concentrate on avoiding only one drink: the first one. In effect, instead of worrying about limiting the number of drinks at the end of a drinking episode, we avoid the one drink that starts it. Sounds almost foolishly simplistic, doesn't it? Living Sober, Page 5. Thought to Ponder.... Nothing is so bad, that a drink won't make worse. Recovery Related Acronym A A = Absolute Abstinence.
