AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 22, 2026  Profound Personality Change "It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without undergoing a profound personality change." - As Bill Sees It, (Personality Change) No. 1  Thought to Ponder . . . If I don't ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 21, 2026  Endless Possibilities Regardless of worldly success or failure, regardless of pain or joy, regardless of sickness or health or even of death itself, a new life of endless possibilities can be lived if we are willing to continue our awakening, through the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps. - As Bill Sees It, No. 8  Thought to Ponder . . . The AA way of life is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions.   AA-rel ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 20, 2026  An Insane Urge The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process. Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in singlehanded combat. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 22  Thought to Ponder . . . It's hard to fight an en ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 19, 2026  Spiritual Growth First We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first—then and only then do we have a real chance. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 114  Thought to Ponder . . . Get it - Give it - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 18, 2026  ActionMore sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life. That is just where the remaining Steps of the A.A. program come in. Nothing short of continuous action upon these as a way of life can bring the much-desired result. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 39-40  Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 17, 2026  The Truth I began with blind faith, but the proof of truth is that it works. I believed those who said they had suffered from alcoholism, but, through AA, were now enjoying sobriety. So the truth was there for me to see. But shortly I knew the truth from my own experience. I was not only released from the compulsion to drink; I was guided toward a compulsion to live! - Came to Believe, p. 3  Thought to Ponder . . . Truth is to our inner ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 16, 2026  The Great Obsession The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death. We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30  Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 15, 2026  This Simple Cornerstone We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built. - Alcoholics A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 14, 2026  A Better Way Perhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68  Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 13, 2026  Absolute Certainty The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25  Thought to Ponder . . . My life hereafter is from this moment on.   AA-related 'Alconym' F A I T H  =   Faci ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 12, 2026  Misdirected Instinct Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct. When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts, have turned into physical and mental liabilities. Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what these liabilities in each of us have been, and are. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 42  Thought to Ponder . . . I need to uncover in ord ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 11, 2026  Conscious Contact We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 104-105  Thought to Ponder . . . The Th ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 10, 2026  Honesty Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . . Being honest, ev ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 9, 2026  Tradition Three “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.”At last experience taught us that to take away any alcoholic’s full chance was sometimes to pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless misery. Who dared to be judge, jury, and executioner of his own sick brother? - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition Three) p. 141  Thought to Ponder . . . Any alcoholic is a member of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 8, 2026  The Surest Help of All . . . repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all—our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 30  Though ...Continue Reading