January 4th
BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE
We feel that
elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important
demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes,
occupations and affairs.
—
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 19
It's usually pretty easy for me
to be pleasant to the people in an A.A. setting. While I'm working to stay
sober, I'm celebrating with my fellow A.A.s our common release from the hell of
drinking. It's often not so hard to spread glad tidings to my old and new
friends in the program.
At home or at work, though, it
can be a different story. It is in situations arising in both of those areas
that the little day-to-day frustrations are most evident, and where it can be
tough to smile or reach out with a kind word or an attentive ear. It's outside
of the A.A. rooms that I face the real test of the effectiveness of my walk
through A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
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