“Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.”
“Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.” — Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) · Chapter 7 · Working With OthersWhere it comes from
The opening of Chapter 7 — the chapter on carrying the message, which the first members considered the engine of their own sobriety.
Today’s reflectionWhen everything else feels flat — the willpower, the routine, even the meetings — one thing reliably works: helping another alcoholic. Not because we’re saints, but because you can’t reach for a drink and reach for someone else at the same time. Service is the program’s load-bearing wall. Text a newcomer. Make the coffee. Take the call you’d rather not take.
Read the original passage · Working With Others, 1939 →Step 12 · ServiceQuote from the 1939 first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (public domain). Reflection original to losangelessober.com. This site is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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