Good morning. My thought for today is First Things First. It's about priorities. First thing I try to do each day is prayer meditation and service to others. Once I take care of those things the rest of my day falls into place as it should. As long as I can remember that my top priority is staying sober for without sobriety I would have nothing anyway. Last night the topic at the meeting was remembering that alcoholism is an incurable, progressive, and fatal disease. I always say that I suffer from alcoholism, not alcholwasm. Just because it's been a while since I had a drink does not mean I am okay to take one now. And, I have witnessed the progression of the illness in those I would try to help. the ones that grab hold of the principles of this program, stop drinking and go on to lead happy, purposeful lives. The ones who don't, they struggle and get steadily worse until eventually they are lost beyond recall. I have seen the fatality of alcoholism in suicides, in illnesses caused by alcoholism such as cirrhosis of the liver, in drunk driving accidents. It makes sense to keep my priorities in order, by placing first things first.
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