Coping

Thought for Today

God willing, we members of AA may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day. How do we do it? By learning -- through practicing the Twelve Steps and through sharing at meetings -- how to cope with the problems that we looked to booze to solve, back in our drinking days. . . We learn how to level out the emotional swings that got us into trouble both when we were up and when we were down.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, Part III, Chapter 15, A.A. Taught Him to Handle Sobriety, pages 558-559