October 2
The Price of Self-Knowledge
I often say to the newcomer, today you think being an addict is terrible, but after a year of sobriety, you will discover it is not so terrible. Perhaps after two years you will say you are a grateful addict, meaning you are grateful for your recovery. Later you will mean you are grateful for being an addict. Because by then you will have realized your growth in personality and spirituality could never have been attained without going through addiction and recovery. Being an addict is a high price to pay for self-awareness, but things that are truly precious and valuable do not come cheap.
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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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