AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

March 23, 2025
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Simple
Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty
and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things,
were the essential requirements. Simple, but not easy; a price
had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must
turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) pp. 13 - 14
 

Thought to Ponder
While it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works.
 

AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S  =  Keep It Serenely Simple.
 

A Member Shares:
I am Eddy and I am an alcoholic. When I was in full control of my life it was a mess. The obsession over alcohol had taken full control of me. I was willing to give up everything for another drink and had done so often. I wasn't willing to come to AA, even though doing so meant sure freedom. It took hard knocks to open me up and bruise my ego enough for me to be open minded. But when I did finally come in, I found the that the easiest thing in the world was to submit. It was like as I did submit, all the old fell off. There was a new me just under the surface. The simplicity of trusting God, admitting I'm powerless, something happened and everything changed. When I am going through my daily regiment or list and I get to feeling like things have been complicated or feel overwhelmed, the simplest, easiest thing for me to remember is that place I went to back at the beginning. My knees. And acknowledge that God's got this. After that, it all falls back into place.
 

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