AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 21, 2021 Ceased Fighting And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. - Alcoholics ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 20, 2021 Honesty Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 60 Thought to Ponder Honesty is the absence of the intent to dec ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 19, 2021 Real Purpose At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 77 Thought to Ponder Trust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related 'Alconym' H O L D  =   Helping Others Live Daily. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 18, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Change in Attitude During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. And this was true whether we had been believers or unbelievers. We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 17, 2021 Improve Contact We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 104 - 105 Thought to Ponder The Three "P's" -- Paus ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 16, 2021 A Subtle Foe It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be done." - Alcoholics A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 15, 2021 Actual Experience He gave me information about the subject of alcoholism which was undoubtedly helpful. Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience. In other words, he talked my language. He knew all the answers, and certainly not because he had picked them up in his reading. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Doctor Bob's Nightmar ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 14, 2021 Powerless to Purposeful Lives But upon entering AA we soon take quite another view of this absolute humiliation. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Step One) p. 21 Thought to Ponder The Twelve Steps -- a manuscript for rational li ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 13, 2021 To Grow This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84 Thought to Po ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 12, 2021 Faith We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend. 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' F ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 11, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Anger In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were "burned up."  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 64 - 65  Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 10, 2021 Alternatives If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. - Alcoholics Anonymous ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 9, 2021 Ageless Truth And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. Life confirm this ageless truth. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 8, 2021 Priceless Gift We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind. To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety—in other words, to all of us—this newfound peace is a priceless gift. Something new indeed has been added. Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step S ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) July 7, 2021 Our Outlook No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84 Thought to Ponder Life will take on new meaning. AA-related 'Alconym' B E S T  =   ...Continue Reading