AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 17, 2022 Promises Fulfilled We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84 Thought to Ponder What is now proved was once only imagined. AA-re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 16, 2022 Emotionally Secure It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us. We saw that we would need to give constantly of ourselves without demands for repayment. When we persistently did this we gradually found that people were attracted to us as never before. And even ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 15, 2022 Resolution and Willingness How can we possibly summon the resolution and the willingness to get rid of such overwhelming compulsions and desires? But again we are driven on by the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside. At this stage of our progress we are under heavy pressure to do the right thing. We are obliged to choose between the pains of trying and the certain pena ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 14, 2022 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Families For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product. If the family cooperates, dad will soon see that he is suffering from a distortion of values. He will perceive that his spiritual growth is lopsided, that for an average man like h ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 13, 2022 Real Purpose At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 77 Thought to Ponder Trust God. Clean House. Help Others. AA-related 'Alconym' A L C O H O L I C S  =   A Life Consisting Of Helping Others Lived In Continuous Sobriety. Thanks to all of you for sharing so gen ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 12, 2022 Easier Methods 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 stock. They only tho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 11, 2022 Lack of Perspective Shortly afterward I came home drunk. There had been no fight. Where had been my high resolve? I simply didn’t know. It hadn't even come to mind. Someone had pushed a drink my way, and I had taken it. Was I crazy? I began to wonder, for such an appalling lack of perspective seemed near being just that. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. 5 Thought to Ponder We are without defense against the first drink. AA-related 'Alconym' A A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 10, 2022 Worse, Never Better All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals—usually brief—were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30 Thought to Ponder When we tr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 9, 2022 The Truth I Know This great experience that released me from the bondage of hatred and replaced it with love is really just another affirmation of the truth I know: I get everything I need in Alcoholics Anonymous—and everything I need I get. And when I get what I need, I invariably find that it was just what I wanted all the time. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Freedom From Bondage) p. 552 Thought to Ponder The number one way to relieve pain is to forgive. AA- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) Dear Readers, my apologies for the incorrect reference on yesterday's Daily Thought. The reading comes from The Family Afterward, p. 130. August 8, 2022 Beneficial Practice One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading this book in manuscript form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor’s advice. He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for its quick energy value at times of fatigue. He ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 7, 2022 Sense of Purpose This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives. We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 79 Thought to Ponder Faith is our greatest gi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 6, 2022 Strength and Direction Although these reparations take innumerable forms, there are some general principles which we find guiding. Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 79 Thought to Ponder Happiness is the result doing our next right thing in ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 5, 2022 Online Meetings Taking advantage of technological advances, for example, A.A. members with computers can participate In any meeting, anywhere, in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world. A.A.’s share experience, strength, and hope with each other, in order to stay sober and help other alcoholics. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to the 4th Edition) p. xxiv Thought to Ponder Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 4, 2022 Step Eight Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake. To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. 77 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 3, 2022 Prayer Prayer, as commonly understood, is a petition to God. Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need. And we think that the whole range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: ". . . knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." A request for this fits in any part of our day. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (S ...Continue Reading