AAA Recovery

Action A Day At A Time. Action in the Alcoholics Anonymous program.
Life for us in Alcoholics Anonymous can only be lived this wonderful, 24-hour way, but, for me it is a must in recovery.
I used to listen to members talking about “First things first” – “Daytime Compartments” – “Easy does it” – all wonderful verbal guides to contented and continued sobriety but it was not until I added another A to AA. That life became even liveable for me the extra A stood for Action.
In my early years in AA I was always going to try tomorrow. “I would take a drink right now because I was so ill but tomorrow I would try to stop drinking. It was no wonder I continued to drink each day becoming more difficult to face up to than the last – indecision – fear – physical and mental illness making it almost impossible for me to cope with life in any form – and then, the magic word ACTION’
A member once said at a meeting (God Bless Him’) “It doesn’t matter what we do in life it requires action even taking a drink of water means one must go from where one is to reach the tap, then turn on the tap to get the water and only then can one drink,” This made sense to me and so began my life within the 24-hours side of the programme I was finally Active’
I began to put into practice small things, like “first things first” and for once, I was really doing something about my drinking “Just for today I will not have a drink” It became ...

Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - June 4, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Recovery Action A Day At A Time Alcoholics Anonymous program Source Type: blogs