AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 6, 2021 More Useful Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) pp. 19 - 20 Thought to Ponder What if I were caring rather than judgmental? AA-related 'Alconym' P U T  = ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 5, 2021 Continuous Action More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life. That is just where the remaining Steps of the A.A. program come in. Nothing short of continuous action upon these as a way of life can bring the much-desired result. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 39 - 40 Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 4, 2021 Deprived Others If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself. To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be happy. One of our Fellowship failed entirely with his first half dozen prospects. He often says that if he had continued to work on them, he might have deprived many others, who have since recovered, of their chance. - Alcoholics Anonymous ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 3, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Amends These conversations can begin in a casual or natural way. But if no such opportunity presents itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table. We needn't wallow in excessive remorse before those we have harmed, but amends at this level should always be forthright and generous. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Nine) pp. 85 - 86&n ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 2, 2021 Assets and Liabilities Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions? A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us. We alcoholics have learned this the hard way. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 88 Thought to Ponder Inventory-taking is not always done in red ink. AA-related 'Alconym' H O ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 1, 2021 Sanity Returned He was on thin ice. Again it was the old, insidious insanity—that first drink. But what about his responsibilities—his family and the men who would die because they would not know how to get well, ah—yes, those other alcoholics? There must be many such in this town. He would phone a clergyman. His sanity returned and he thanked God. Selecting a church at random from the directory, he stepped into a booth and lifted the receiver. - Alcoholi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 30, 2021 Inspiration and Reliance Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 87 Thought to Ponder The Three "P's ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 29, 2021 Faith Without Works Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true for the alcoholic! For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead. If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die. Then faith would be dead indeed. With us it is just like that. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 28, 2021 Vain Attempts Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30 Thought to Ponder I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than g ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 27, 2021 Change Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. 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. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84 Thought to Ponder Life will take on new meaning. AA-related 'Alconym' F R E E  =   Fortunate ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 26, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Great Reality Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 55  Thought to Ponder I saw, I felt, I believed.  AA-related 'Alconym' W I L L I N G  =  When I Live Life, I Need God. A Member Share ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 25, 2021 Laughter So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness.Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we bust into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn’t we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 132 Thought to Ponder Take time to laugh -- it is the music of the soul. AA-related 'Alconym' H J F  =   Happy, Joyous,&nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) Dearest Readers, my deepest apologies for yesterday's Daily Thought not being sent.  I made an error in the scheduling date for it to send. Due to having very dusty work done in our home all day yesterday, I was unable to get to my computer until this morning and saw that it did not send.  Again, I'm so very sorry. September 23, 2021 Faith and Action But he will be curious to learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to wor ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 24, 2021 Fearful At heart we had all been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability. The result was the same—all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol. But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Tra ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 22, 2021 This Power Like myself, he had admitted complete defeat. Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known! Had this power originated in him? Obviously it had not. There had been no more power in him than there was in me at that minute; and this was none at all. That floored me. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. 11 Thought to Ponder No God, no peace - ...Continue Reading