Pause For Thought

[MajestyJo]

TEXT Today we hear a lot about "Happy, Joyous and Free" but as life happens in sobriety, we all go through rough times.

This recalls a statement an old-timer told me many years ago. He said "AA doesn't promise you a rose garden but will teach you to live life on life's terms SOBER.

There will be times we are not happy, joyous but we will always be free if we *accept* life on life's terms SOBER!.........just for today. TEXT

Tiger

How true this is! Yet when you think of it, in order to get the roses and see them bloom, it takes a lot of work, turning over the soil, adding the fertilizer, pampering and care, love and attention, food and water, digging out the weeds and trimming the bush so the picture and plant is whole.

That is what recovery and the Twelve Steps have done for me. Now I have the privilege of seeing some blossoms, but I know it takes continuous work, to keep the plant alive.

Originally done by Lynn Anderson

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