THE CHOICE BTWN BRIEF INSUFFERABLE PAIN OR TO SUFFER FOREVERMORE -
"For a time, it
was pleasurable,
then the euphoria
began to wear off and
we saw the ugly side of
addiction. We found that
the higher our drugs took
us, the lower they brought
us. We faced two choices:
either we suffered the
pain of withdrawal or
took more drugs."
(The Basic Text,
p. 25)
JUST ONE MORE ROUND -
"But not so with
us in those last days
of heavy drinking. The
old pleasures were gone.
They were but memories.
Never could we recapture
the great moments of
the past." "There was
always one more at-
tempt -- and one
more failure."
(The Big Book,
p. 151)
"Do not bite at
the bait of plea-
sure till you know
there is no hook
beneath it."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) 3rd President of the U.S.
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.