The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation- some fact of my life, unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and my attitudes."
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Acceptance is not always easy for me. Sometimes life is hard. I must have been absent when they explained this truth. Reality is tough sometimes. After awhile in sobriety, having survived various dramas, I realized that I could survive. And that I could do it sober. Often I can make no sense out of my life, and the world in general. I have had to learn to "accept life, on life's terms." Now I just hang on and have faith enough to go through whatever life is handing me, for today.
