October 19, 2004


Daily Reflections

A. A.'S "MAIN TAPROOT"

The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first
admit complete defeat
is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and
flowered.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22

Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and
afraid of the unknown.
A power outside of myself had picked me up off my bed, guided me to
the phone book,
then to the bus stop, and through the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Once inside A.A. I
experienced a sense of being loved and accepted, something I had not
felt since early
childhood. May I never lose the sense of wonder I experienced on
that first evening with
A.A., the greatest event of my entire life.

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