Daily Reflections-June 28

THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS

A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.

- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159

If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so-called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in the city where I live* and I know A.A. is available twenty-four hours a day. If I had had to hang on with nothing but hope and a desire not to drink, experiencing rejection wherever I went, I would have sought the easier, softer way and returned to my previous way of life.

*note from Blog Author: those of us who live in smaller towns and rural areas must remember that our phone

list serves as our "meeting" available 24/7! When we can't reach someone by phone, if we need to talk, we can

keep going down the list, just like Bill W. before us. The act of calling is one of the suggestions that has worked

for countless of AAs before us.