AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
October 21, 2025
Defiance
“As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding
characteristic of many an alcoholic. So it's not strange that lots of us
have had our day at defying God Himself. Sometimes it's because
God has not delivered us the good things of life which we specified,
as a greedy child makes an impossible list for Santa Claus. More
often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our
way of thinking lost out because God deserted us."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 31
Thought to Ponder . . .
Belief meant reliance, not defiance.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F R O G = Fully Rely On God.
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