First Thought Wrong

“First thought Wrong” was a phrase I heard early and often in early recovery. Addicts and alcoholics tend to speak impulsively and act compulsively. Mark [Lundholm] says “Recovery has taught me that first thought wrong properly filtered becomes next right thing” Recovery is not the absence of bad thinking, its the ability to navigate through it with grace by using the tools we have learned in our recovery program. “First thought wrong is my disease, it’s not my future” ~  Pat S. on JayWalkerLodge.com [Thanks, JT]

I don't think I qualify now
for "early Recovery having frequented 
the Rooms of Recovery for over a decade.
I had not heard the concept  of "First Thought Wrong"
until this week. It makes sense though.
especially for newcomers but
it takes a long time in these Rooms
to walk away from trying to control it all
while fighting an unmanageable life.
Will you join me in skipping first instincts,
first turning your life over to a Power who Can,
and wait until a thought really feels it leads
along the Road of Recovery?