THE ADDICT'S MIND DEFIES ALL REASON - 

"Many of us felt 

that insanity was

too harsh a word to

describe our condition.

However, if we take a real-

istic look at our active ad-

diction, we'll see that we

have been anything but

sane. For the most part,

our perceptions were

not based in real-

ity." (The Basic

ext, p. 13)

DRINK, RINSE, REPEAT- 

" ... inevitably [we] ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened." (The Big Book, p. 37)

"Insanity: doing

the same thing over 

and over again and ex-

pecting different results." 

- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) German physicist

*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.

Zonr Suggestions:

Find a quiet place while you put aside all pre-judgments and open yourself up to the Universal Truths above that unite spiritual traditions from around the world. You may want to replace alcohol & drugs with your own struggles with smoking, food, sex, money, rage, work, or even love, in order to make each SFZ a closer, personal fit.

To receive your own SFZs each day.