AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 8, 2026  Honest With Yourself We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 7, 2026  Inspiring The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field. They believe in themselves, and still more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxvii  Thought to Ponder . . . Only in giving do w ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 6, 2026  A Gift He finds himself in possession of a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable. What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it. A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 5, 2026  Insistent Yearning The old pleasures were gone. They were but memories. Never could we recapture the great moments of the past. There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it. There was always one more attempt—and one more failure. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 151  Thought to Ponder . . . When we try to control our dr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 4, 2026  The Four Horsemen As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair. Unhappy drinkers who read ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 3, 2026  Carry This Message Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . . Life will take on new meaning.   AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =   Action Always.  Unsubscribe from Daily Thought You are currently subscribed to   Dail ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 2, 2026  Willingness We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all—every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76  Thought to Ponder . . . The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.   AA-related ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 1, 2026  Get Right Again "As I go along I seem to get strength daily to be able to resist more easily. And when I get upset, cross-grained and out of tune with my fellow man I know that I am out of tune with God. Searching where I have been at fault, it is not hard to discover and get right again, for I have proven to myself and to many others who know me that God can keep a man sober if he will let him." - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The European ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 30, 2026  Intuitively Know We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace... ...We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 83 - 84  Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 29, 2026  A New Life We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution,) p. 28  Thought to Ponder . . . The Twelve Steps—a manuscript for rational living.   AA-related 'Alc ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 28, 2026  Admission and Correction But there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's and sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion—anger, fear, jealousy, and the like. If we would live serenely today and tomorrow, we certainly need to eliminate these hangovers. This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past. It requires an ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 27, 2026  The Searchlight If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 26, 2026  A Quick Inventory In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere. We need not be discouraged when we fall into the error of our old ways, for these disciplines are not easy. We shall look for progress, not for perfection. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 91  Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 25, 2026  Happiness These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 159  Thought to Ponder . . . In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving or receive without giving.   AA-related ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) September 24, 2026  Good Results In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 104 &n ...Continue Reading