Alcoholics Anonymous ©

Drowning perceptions by a bottle every day

Sensitive to the stories lost suffering souls say

We wished we hadn’t started and had lived a different way

Only key to membership is a desire to get dry

A place to share our struggles, a place to be comforted when we cry

Somewhere safe to disclose our thoughts, admitted how things turned awry

Old and young any gender and all creeds

Non religious nor political agendas of which we supersede

The 12 step programme implies a suspension to the dependents drinking needs

With the serenity prayer and their tasteful traditions

Patience and support to create more sustainable conditions

Reconstructing characters as we face each others transitions

Most meetings are hosted in churches with many congenial souls

An impartial environment for addicts to be consoled

There is no fixed fee for their advice although you may leave a tip in their bowls

Admittance of the issue is the initiation to recovery

An exploration of the self is guidance to God and discovery

A revelation about intoxication entices the imagination about other luxury

Liberation from a lethal compulsion that often lead to repulsion

Through the power of prayer its authority discontinues over your emotion

So however you acquire instruction develop divine devotion