05.07.06

Don't ever think you have nothing left to learn in the fellowship and that everyone wants to hear you talk incessantly because you are so wise. You can not have an open mouth and an open mind at the same time.

When I do all the talking, I can only hear what I already know. ~Pocket Sponsor

Today I am grateful...

• that one of you will start a topic for the week on Sobriety Society
• that I got some work done yesterday and had time left over to be lazy
• that I get by with a little help from my friends
• that last night I watched 'Capote'. How sad it is that such talents were destroyed by alcoholism.
• that movies can easily take me to other places

It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when alcoholics aren't treated as they often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonymous was started. In the old days, every town had its town drunk who was regarded with scorn and ridiculed by the rest of the townspeople. We have come into A.A. and found all the sympathy, understanding, and fellowship that we could ask for. There's no other group like A.A. in the world. Am I grateful? HELL YES!!! ~Twenty-Four Hours a Day (except for the hell yes part)