My Chance to Live

My Chance to Live

When I am willing to do the right thing, I am rewarded with an inner peace no amount of liquor could ever provide. When I am unwilling to do the right thing, I become restless, irritable, and discontent. It is always my choice. Through the Twelve Steps, I have been granted the gift of choice. I am no longer at the mercy of a disease that tells me the only answer is to drink. If willingness is the key that unlocks the gates of hell, it is action that opens those doors so that we may walk freely among the living.



Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, “My Chance To Live,” page 317

my thoughts:

I must remember that the key is willingness...and that must be followed by action. inaction and apathy will lead me back to fear , unwillingnes to change or face life on lifes terms. only through taking right actions, however difficult...will my choices become more clear and plentiful.