AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 3, 2021 The Turning Point Remember that we deal with alcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 58 - 59 Thought to Ponder When we surrender to our Higher Power, the journey begins. AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 2, 2021 A Tornado The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. 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 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 1, 2021 Essentials of Recovery Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts. He can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial. We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 31, 2021 Rationalization 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. The moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close against the grace of God. Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 69 Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 30, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Simple In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to the Third Edition) p. xxii  Thought to Ponder While it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works.  AA-relat ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 29, 2021 Step Six "This is the Step that separates the men from the boys." So declares a well-loved clergyman who happens to be one of A.A.'s greatest friends. He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults—without any reservations whatever—has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the ima ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 28, 2021 The Fact The fact was we really hadn't cleaned house so that the grace of God could enter us and expel the obsession. In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward. We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done." - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 27, 2021 Lack of Power Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that’s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. - Alcoholics Anonymo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 26, 2021 Instinct Run Wild Alcoholics especially should be able to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the underlying cause of their destructive drinking. We have drunk to drown feelings of fear, frustration, and depression. We have drunk to escape the guilt of passions, and then have drunk again to make more passions possible. We have drunk for vainglory—that we might the more enjoy foolish dreams of pomp and power. This perverse soul-sickness is not pleasan ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 25, 2021 Faith In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 70 - 71 Thought to Ponder Faith is like a muscle, the more we use it, the more it grows. AA-related 'Al ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 24, 2021 Psychic Change On the other hand—and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand—once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxix Thought to Ponder A spiritual a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 23, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ You Are Ready Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. 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.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58  Thought to Ponder Sobriety without action is fantasy.  AA-related 'Alconym' A C T  =  Action Changes Things. A M ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 22, 2021 Acceptance Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417 Thought to Ponder My serenity is directly proportional to my leve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 21, 2021 True Tolerance We begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from the pains of growing up. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 92 Thought ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 20, 2021 Baffling Feature Many of us felt that we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 34 Thought to Ponder Alcohol — cunning, baffling, powerful! AA-related 'Alconym' F E A R  =  Few Ever Arrive Rejoi ...Continue Reading