AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)

March 23, 2009

Trading

I traded dependence on puny self for dependence on God.

I traded resentment for understanding, fear for trust, selfishness for love.

I traded dissatisfaction for hope, dishonesty for truth.

I traded retaliation for amendment, taking for giving.

I traded sectarian bigotry for tolerance.

Sobriety has become for me an all-inclusive term.

It means everything from not taking the first drink

to enjoying the present twenty-four hours.

Thought to Ponder . . .

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .

T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.