~ Kahlil Gibran
A.A. Thought for the Day
"Offer new prospects friendship and fellowship. Tell them that if they want to get well you will do anything to help. Burn the idea into the consciousness of new prospects that they can get well, regardless of anyone else. Job or no job, spouse or no spouse, they cannot stop drinking as long as they place dependence on other people ahead of dependence on God. Let no alcoholic say they cannot recover unless they have their family back. This just isn't so. Their recovery is not dependent upon other people. It is dependent on their own relationship to God." Can I recognize all excuses made by a prospect?
It seems to me that humour and the sound of a group of alcoholics laughing and enjoying themselves will surprise the newcomer most of all. Most newcomers, I believe, assume that a life of sobriety will be a life without fun. As the newcomer becomes more attracted to a life of sobriety I believe their need to cling to unhealthy ideas will slip away. That's just my 2 cents worth.
~ Mike
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