AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
January 15, 2026
Conditions
We thought "conditions" drove us to drink, and when we
tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn't
to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and
we became alcoholics. It never occurred to us that we needed
to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 47
Thought to Ponder . . .
Acceptance is the soil where change can actually take root.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A C T = Action Changes Things.
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