Native Americans really had something, when they dubbed alcohol “the mind changer”. Alcohol certainly did that to me. It really changed my mind for the worst. And everytime I drank it, it kept making my mind worse and worse. It changed my mind about life, it changed my mind about marriage, it changed my mind about my children, about people in general. It turned my mind completely around so that it was so distorted.that I saw life as a nightmare. What seemed to be the answer to my prayers, became a curse.
Thank God that today I have another “mind changer”. It’s the program of AA. It, too, has the power to change my mind. I’m able tol see life so differentlly. I think differently. I live differently. Everything is changed and for the better. It has changed my mind from misery to happiness. It has opened my mind to new vistas I never even would have thought of even before I picked up a drink.
I can now join others when they say they’re eterenally grateful for what they’ve foujnd here.
Anyway, that’s what came to mind this morning.