AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 29, 2021 Four Reasons I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons: 1. Sense of duty.  2. It is a pleasure. 3. Because in so doing I am paying my debt to the man who took time to pass it on to me. 4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Doctor Bob's Nightmare) pp. 180 - 1 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 28, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Unthinking We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined. To his wife, he remarked, "Don't see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the wind stopped blowin'?" - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 82  Thought to Ponder Sobriety without action is fantasy.  AA-related 'Alconym' G O D  =&nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 27, 2021 Lost Faith "The here and now was good enough for us. The will to win would carry us through. But then alcohol began to have its way with us. Finally, when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith. It was in A.A, that we rediscovered it. And so can you." - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 29 Thought to Ponder Faith isn't believ ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 26, 2021 Vital Spiritual Experiences "I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you." Our friend felt as though the gates of hell had closed on him with a clang. He said to the doctor, "Is there no exception?" "Yes," replied the doctor, "there is. Exceptions to cases such as yours have been occurring since early times. Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics ha ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 25, 2021 Insure Immunity Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89 Thought to Ponder Get it - Give it - Grow ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 24, 2021 Honest Appraisal Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery. Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword when taking inventory. In this connection, it is wise to write out our questions and answers. It will be an aid to clear thinking and honest appraisal. It will be the first tangible evidence of our complete willingness to move forward. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 54 Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 23, 2021 The Desperate Experiment What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time the desperate experiment of the first drink? Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon. Why does he? Of what is he thinking? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 35 Thought to Ponder Today, my brain has cleared with the grace ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 22, 2021 Defense Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 43 Thought to Ponder The ultimate defense against the first drink is a spiritual one. AA-related 'Alconym' G O D  =   God's On Duty. Thanks to all of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 21, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ A Different Basis Perhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68  ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 20, 2021 God Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 55 Thought to Ponder Faith is like a muscle, the mo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 19, 2021 Let Go Absolutely If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. - Alcoholi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 18, 2021 Healing Tranquility Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their confinement, and miraculously vanish as soon as they are exposed. As the pain subsides, a healing tranquility takes its place. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 62 Thought to Ponder Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday. AA-related 'Alconym' S T E ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 17, 2021 Simple Cornerstone We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 16, 2021 Progression By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 23 Thought to Ponder Alcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful. AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =   Acknowledge Acceptance. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously o ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 15, 2021 Contribute to Life We had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well. Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63 Thought to Ponder If you want to stay protected, you have to be connected. AA-r ...Continue Reading