AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 18, 2026  A Fearless Admission So far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further. Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects to another human being we could not stay sober. It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) pp. 56 - 57  Thought to Ponder . . . If we skip this vital ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 17, 2026  Character Defects At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can. The moment we say, “No, never!” our minds close against the grace of God. Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal. This is the exact point at which we abandon limited objectives, and move toward God's will for us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 69 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 16, 2026  Hope In A.A. When I arrived, trembling and terrified, at my first meeting, I thought I no longer believed in anything. What a miracle that, after one talk with my sponsor and one meeting, I could have hope in A.A.! This hope kept me coming to meetings and gradually grew into a true belief that A.A. had all the answers for me, that, if I would be willing and try, I could stay sober—one day at a time. However, I found that this involved the effort ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 15, 2026  Step Seven The whole emphasis of Step Seven is on humility. It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 76  Thought to Ponder . . . Humility is dependen ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 14, 2026  Work For Me Too If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: “Yes, that happened to me”; or, more important, “Yes, I’ve felt like that”; or, most important, “Yes, I believe this program can work for me too.” - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Preface to Fourth Edition) p. xii  Thought to Ponder . . . Acceptance is the first step towards change.   AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 13, 2026  Insanely Trivial Excuse But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 37  Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 12, 2026  Clean House We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their defects may be glaring, but the chances are that our own actions are partly responsible. So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love. The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. - Alcoholic ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 11, 2026  Try to Grow "In my view, we of this world are pupils in a great school of life. It is intended that we try to grow, and that we try to help our fellow travelers to grow in the kind of love that makes no demands. In short, we try to move toward the image and likeness of God as we understand Him. When pain comes, we are expected to learn from it willingly, and help others to learn. When happiness comes, we accept it as a gift, and thank God f ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 10, 2026  Fully Concede We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30  Thought to Ponder . . . When we try to control our drinking, we have already lost control.   AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =   Alcoholic's Answer. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 9, 2026  Spiritual Malady Resentment is the “number one’’ offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64  Thought to Ponder . . . We are prisoners of our own resentments. Forgiven ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 8, 2026  Our Choice When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn’t. What was our choice to be?- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 53  Thought to Ponder . . . I saw, I felt, I believed.   AA-related 'Alconym' F A I T H  =   For All I Trust Him.  Unsubsc ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 7, 2026  Change But when the broker gave him Dr. Silkworth’s description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster. He sobered, never to drink again up to the moment of his death in 1950. This seemed to prove that one alcoholic could affect another as no nonalcoholic could. It also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 6, 2026  Change Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish dependence to adult responsibility -- all this and infinitely more represent change for the better.- As Bill Sees It, (Only God is Unchanging) No. 76  Thought to Ponder . . . Change is inevitable, growth is optional.   AA-related 'Alconym' A G O  =   Another ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 5, 2026  We Were Reborn More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . . Dependence on God is our chief source of strength. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) April 4, 2026  A B C Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . . If I can't and God can, am I willing to ask ...Continue Reading