Hope
Hope is the key that unlocks the door of discouragement.
The program promises me
that if I do not pick up the first drink today,
I will always have hope.
Having come to believe that I keep what I share,
every time I encourage, I receive courage.
It is with others that, with the grace of God
and the Fellowship of AA,
I trudge the road of happy destiny.


Reprinted from Daily Reflections, Page 70, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.