The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically nonexistent. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.24
My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking. In sobriety I still have no choice - I cant drink. The choice I do have is to pick up and use the kit of spiritual tools (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 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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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
so long as I do NOT bring alcohol to my lips, I still have a choice...... that is what I fear the most about drinking again...... having NO choice in the matter, any longer...... it is a good reminder.
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~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
