I craved freedom.
- First, freedom to drink;
- later, freedom from drink.
The Alcoholics Anonymous program of recovery rests on a foundation of free choice and self-help.
There are no mandates, laws or commandments. A.A.’s spiritual program, as outlined in the Twelve Steps, and by which I am offered even greater freedoms, is only suggested. I can take it or leave it. Sponsorship is offered, not forced, and I come and go as I will.
It is these and other freedoms that allow me to recapture the dignity that was crushed by the burden of drink, and which is so dearly needed to support an enduring sobriety.
Just for today.
See also;
- THE TWELVE REWARDS OF SOBRIETY
- ABC’s of Recovery
- The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Unplugged
- Twenty-Four Hours a Day Meditations
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