DAILY REFLECTIONS for January 8th

DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 24

My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking. In sobriety I still have no choice — I can't drink. ¶ The choice I do have is to pick up and use the "kit of spiritual tools" (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 25). When I do that, my Higher Power relieves me of my lack of choice — and keeps me sober one more day. If I could choose not to pick up a drink today, where then would be my need for A.A. or a Higher Power?

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