AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 16, 2026  To Look SquarelyWe want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 43  Thought to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 15, 2026  A Most Precious Asset And what is time to me now? It is a most precious asset. I have the luxury of being able to cherish the memory of yesterday, to live today with serenity, to wait for tomorrow. I find great contentment in just knowing where I was and where I am. And I am grateful; grateful for the existence of Alcoholics Anon- ymous; grateful to my God for leading me to the doors of AA and to himself; grateful for hope. I am grateful for th ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 14, 2026  Trying to Play God We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves. As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God's will, was missing. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 72  Thought to Ponder . . . I can't do His will ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 13, 2026  Rediscover Life High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous. Among them you will make lifelong friends. You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey. Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) pp. 152-15 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 12, 2026  Worst Items In Stock Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods. Almost invariably they got drunk. Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in sto ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 11, 2026  Faith Without Works Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true for the alcoholic! For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead. If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die. Then faith would be dead indeed. With us it is just like that. - Alcoholics Anonym ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 10, 2026  Instinctive Desire When men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 9, 2026  Abnormal In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy and assert his power of will. The tragic truth is that if the man be a real alcoholic, the happy day may not arrive. He has lost control. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 31 - 32  Thought to Ponder . . . When I drink, my past becomes ...Continue Reading

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