AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 30, 2021 Defensive Emotions The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us. This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all. Triumphantly we seize upon his misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own. Right here we need to fetch ourselves up sharply. - Twelv ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 29, 2021 Our Creator The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25 Thought to Ponder Don't give up before the miracle happens. AA-related 'Alconym' G I F T  =   God Is Forever There. Thanks to all of you f ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 28, 2021 Kindness, Justice, Courtesy We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none. With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 93 Thought to Ponder Love and tolerance of others is our code. AA-related 'Alconym' T U F  =   Tolerance, Understanding, Forgi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 27, 2021 The Key Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 35 Thought to Ponder If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed. AA-related 'Alconym' S W A T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 26, 2021 Wonderful Revelation It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 40 Thought to Ponder What have I been given today? Am I willing to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 25, 2021 Isolation What are we likely to receive from Step Five? For one thing, we shall get rid of that terrible sense of isolation we've always had. Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 57 Thought to Ponder An alcoholic is someone who wants to be held ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 24, 2021 An Answer If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you really and truly want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely feel that you must have some help, we know that we have an answer for you. It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in the habit of showing when you were getting another drink. Your Heavenly Father will never let you down! - Alcoholics Anonym ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 23, 2021 Willingness But now it appears that there are certain things which only the individual can do. All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness. When he acquires willingness, he is the only one who can make the decision to exert himself. Trying to do this is an act of his own will. All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to Go ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 22, 2021 A.A.'s Growth Literature has played a major role in A.A.’s growth, and a striking phenomenon of the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into many languages and dialects. In country after country where the A.A. seed was planted, it has taken root, slowly at first, then growing by leaps and bounds when literature has become available. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreword to Fourth Edition) p. xxiii Thought to P ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 21, 2021 Self-Centered Fear The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear—primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands. The difference between a demand and a simple request is plain to anyone. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 20, 2021 Bluffing of Oneself "Maybe I can postpone dealing with some of my problems indefinitely." Of course, this won't do. Such a bluffing of oneself will have to go the way of many another pleasant rationalization. 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. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 69 Thought to Ponder Rationalizing i ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 19, 2021 Never Enough For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion. Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 71 Thought to Ponder Happiness isn't getting all you want, it's wanting what you alre ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 18, 2021 Good Living For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 125 Thought to Ponder The Three A's .. Awareness, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 17, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Self-Restraint Our first objective will be the development of self-restraint. This carries a top priority rating. When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year. Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 16, 2021 Kindliness and Love 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. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 83 Thought to Ponder The Thr ...Continue Reading