AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
July 10, 2026
Growing Pains
Here again we are presented with the temptation to overmanage things,
and sometimes this results in rebuffs and other consequences which are
hard to take. But in the longer run we clearly realize that these are only
the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we
turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 111
Thought to Ponder . . .
AA is an education without graduation.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A G O = Another Growth Opportunity.
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