Toward Reality

THE SPEAKER at my group's closed meeting recounted her sponsor's advice for dealing with her fears: "Don't drink, go to daily meetings, and nothing bad can happen to you." Not long before this meeting, dear AA friends who don't drink and do go to many meetings had experienced probably the worst thing that can happen to anyone--they had lost a beloved child through a tragic accident. Consequently, I was seriously put off by the remark. But it set me thinking nonetheless, and I have continued to ponder it. As I see it, everything both good and bad can happen to us no matter how conscientiously we practice the program, but that steady practice makes it possible for us to cope with whatever comes.