'Twas the night before Christmas, we were all in the club,
Enjoying a meeting, instead of a pub,
The ashtrays were clean, and the coffee was made,
The Big Books were out and we all had prayed.
When out in the lot, there arose such a clatter,
We all jumped up to see what was the matter.
The Chair with his Big Book, and I with my smokes,
Headed outside to find these two blokes.
They came inside and sat at a table;
And said that they'd chair, as soon as they're able.
To start with, they said, "It's more than not drinking;
It's doing your best to fix your sick thinking."
"Think, Think, Think!" and the slogans we used,
Help keep the newcomer from getting confused.
Step 1 is a start, they said we should know,
But after Step 2, we'll be all aglow.
We make a decision when we got to Step 3;
Step 4 was real tough, we all could agree,
Step 5 is the one where we let it all out,
And after Step 6 and 7, we are left with no doubt.
When we got to Step 8, we made our list;
And then with Step 9, we have to persist.
After Step 9, the promises ring true;
We didn't just make that up, right out of the blue.
After that, it's on with the rest;
The things we must do, to be our best.
They put on there coats and got ready to leave;
A pretty good end, for this Christmas Eve.
As to their names, we only could guess;
Must have been Bill W. and Dr. Bob S.
The two men hopped into a '35 Ford,
And as they pulled out, one of them roared:
"We leave this message, for our sisters & brothers:
trust God, clean house, and be of service to others.
And for all of you people, I just want to say:
have a nice holiday, but dont't drink today!"
Gidday Katbird
Thanks for that and i love the cat, white xmas is still a novelty for me being from New Zealand as we usually have a BBQ for xmas day or cold meat and salads
light and love Zac
Thanks for that and i love the cat, white xmas is still a novelty for me being from New Zealand as we usually have a BBQ for xmas day or cold meat and salads
light and love Zac
Kat,
That was great, thank you! It brought tears to my eyes to read in another form of just the sheer miracle of Bill W and Dr Bob getting together...I just loved that, I'm gonna pass it on!
Geri
That was great, thank you! It brought tears to my eyes to read in another form of just the sheer miracle of Bill W and Dr Bob getting together...I just loved that, I'm gonna pass it on!
Geri
