April 12
There Are No Substitutes for the Program
We have learned so much about the addictive personality, and the emotional repairs that need to be made, that we may lose sight of the two basics: don't pick up the chemical and do go to meetings. People who resist going to the anonymous fellowship for whatever reason may circumvent the program via individual therapy. Even if the therapy is with a competent addiction counselor, it is not likely to succeed. Counseling and therapy are indeed valuable adjuncts to a recovery program, but therapy without the program is like a necktie on a nude body.
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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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