AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 2, 2026  Succumbed After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctors Opinion,) p. xxix  Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) June 1, 2026  Progressive We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30  Thought to Ponder . . . Alcoholic drinking's three stages: Impulsive, Compulsive, Repulsive.   AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =   Answer Available.  Unsubscribe You are currently subscribed to &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 31, 2026  Emotional Stability When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God, we couldn’t very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditio ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 29, 2026  Willing to Do Anything I was willing to admit to myself that I had hit bottom, that I had gotten hold of something that I didn’t know how to handle by myself. So after reviewing these things and realizing what liquor had cost me, I went to this Higher Power that, to me, was God, without any reservation, and admitted that I was completely powerless over alcohol and that I was willing to do anything in the world to get rid of the problem. - Alcohol ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 28, 2026  Useful and Profoundly Happy True leadership, we find, depends upon able example and not upon vain displays of power or glory. Still more wonderful is the feeling that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our fellows in order to be useful and profoundly happy. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 124  Thought to Ponder . . . What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 27, 2026  Unreasonable Fears When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears. And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 121 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 26, 2026  An Answer For You If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you really and truly want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely feel that you must have some help, we know that we have an answer for you. It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in the habit of showing when you were getting another drink. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Doctor Bob's Nightmare) ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 25, 2026  Make a Decision Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to look for something better. So it is by circumstance rather than any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 24, 2026  Cannot or Will Not Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58  Thought to Ponder . . . If you want what we have, do what we do.   AA-related 'Alconym' N U T S & ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 23, 2026  In God’s Hands When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 100  Thought to Ponder . . . Take a walk with God. He will meet you at the Steps.   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 22, 2026  Old Ideas If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. - Alcoholic ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 21, 2026  Emotional Sobriety Thus I think it can work out with emotional sobriety. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God’s help, continually surrender these hobbling demands. Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then be able to Twelfth Step ourselves and others into emotional sobriety. - A.A. Grapevine, January 1958 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 20, 2026  Benefit Others No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84  Thought to Ponder . . . Reliance on God enables me to match calamity ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 19, 2026  Save the Day But I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day. Many times I have gone to my old hospital in despair. On talking to a man there, I would be amazingly lifted up and set on my feet. It is a design for living that works in rough going. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. 15  Thought to Ponder . . . I have to give it away to keep it.   AA-related 'Alconym' A G O ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) May 18, 2026  Lack of Power Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that’s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. - Alcoh ...Continue Reading