AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 18, 2022 Insecurity The most common symptoms of emotional insecurity are worry, anger, self-pity, and depression. These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without. To take inventory in this respect we ought to consider carefully all personal relationships which bring continuous or recurring trouble. It should be remembered that this kind of insecurity may arise in any area where instincts are threatened. - Twel ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 17, 2022 An Alcoholic Mind They had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink. Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all. I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind. I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental blank spots. I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem h ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 16, 2022 Discipline Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant. His drunkenness and dissolution are not penalties inflicted by people in authority; they result from his personal disobedience to spiritual principles. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition Nine) p. 174 Thought to Ponder Great suffering and great love are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we nee ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 15, 2022 Wonderful Revelation All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will. 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 fo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 14, 2022 Keynotes Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody. When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done." And we can often ask ourselves, "Am I doing to others as I would have them do to me—today?" - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 93 Thought to Ponder The Three "C's" -- Concern, Compassion, Consideration. AA- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 13, 2022 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Group of Principles A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Foreward) p. 15  Thought to Ponder If you want to stay protected, you have to be connected  AA-related 'Alconym' P R O G R A M  =  People Relyi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 11, 2022 Step Eight There were cases, too, where we had damaged others who were still happily unaware of being hurt. Why, we cried, shouldn't bygones be bygones? Why do we have to think of these people at all? These were some of the ways in which fear conspired with pride to hinder our making a list of all the people we had harmed. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. 78 Thought to Ponder A fear faced is a fear erased. AA-related 'Alconym' F E ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 11, 2022 The Actor Most people try to live by self-propulsion. Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way. If his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would be great. Everybody, including himself, would be pleased. Life would be wonderful. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60 - 61 Thou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 10, 2022 Gratitude I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. - As Bill Sees It, (Into Action) p. 37 Thought to Ponder When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. AA-related 'Alconym' H E L P  =   Hope, Encouragement, Love, Patience. Thanks to all of y ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 9, 2022 The Spiritual Life The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. Unless one’s family expresses a desire to live upon spiritual principles we think we ought not to urge them. We should not talk incessantly to them about spiritual matters. They will change in time. Our behavior will convince them more than our words. We must remember that ten or twenty years of drunken- ness would make a skeptic out of anyone. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 8, 2022 Stark and Ugly Facts "Well, I’ll stop with the sixth drink." Or "What’s the use anyhow?" When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane. These stark and ugly facts have been confirmed by legions of alcoholics throughout history. But for the grace of God, there would have been thousands mo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 7, 2022 The Closed Mind It wasn't A.A, that had the closed mind, it was me. The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could. - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 6, 2022 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ They Believe The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field. They believe in themselves, and still more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxvii  Thought to Ponder The Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 5, 2022 Twelfth Step Work We sit in A.A. meetings and listen, not only to receive something ourselves, but to give the reassurance and support which our presence can bring. If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry A.A.'s message. Whether our audience is one or many, it is still Twelfth Step work. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 110 Thought to Ponder Only in giving do we receive in full measure. AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 4, 2022 Review Our Day When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? . . . After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86 ...Continue Reading