Daily Reflection January 8- Do I Have A Choice?

A daily reading from the book “Daily Reflections” by Alcoholics Anonymous
When I lost the power of choice in the drink, I saw how powerful the power to choose actually was. When I choose to pick up the spiritual tool kit at my feet and use it, new power flows through me. When I turn my will and my life over to my higher power, it is then that I realize what a gift it is to be powerless. Now I picture myself letting go just like a baby falls asleep after a crying fit. Peace comes after the fight!

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Daily Reflection January 8th Do I have a choice?

The fact is that most alcoholics,

For reasons yet obscure,

Have lost the power of choice in drink.

Our so-called willpower becomes practically non-existent.

Alcoholics Anonymous,

Page 24 My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking.

In sobriety,

I still have no choice.

I can't drink.

The choice I do have is to pick up and use the kit of spiritual tools.

Alcoholics Anonymous,

Page 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 AA or a higher power?