AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 10, 2020 Absolute Certainty The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God’s universe. 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 d ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 10, 2020 Absolute Certainty The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God’s universe. 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 d ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 9, 2020 Running From Pain Until now, our lives have been largely devoted to running from pain and problems. We fled from them as from a plague. We never wanted to deal with the fact of suffering. Escape via the bottle was always our solution. Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints, but it certainly didn't appeal to us. Then, in A.A., we looked and listened. Everywhere we saw failure and misery transformed by humility into priceless a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 8, 2020 Time After Time What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time the desperate experiment of the first drink? Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon. Why does he? Of what is he thinking? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 35 Thought to Ponder Alcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful! AA-related 'Al ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 7, 2020 Recovered You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking—"What do I have to do?" It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically. We shall tel ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 6, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Spiritual Condition 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 Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85  Thought to Ponder Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 5, 2020 Something New 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, (St ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 4, 2020 Meditation We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. Most certainly we shall need bracing air and an abundance of food. But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 98 Thought to Ponder Prayer asks the question. Meditation listens for the answer. AA-related 'Alconym' P A U S E&nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 3, 2020 Acquiring Faith We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 28 Tho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 2, 2020 Our Ideal Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it. We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 69 Thought to Ponder It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =  Accountable Actions. Thanks to all of you for sharing so g ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 1, 2020 Prayer Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 85 - 86 Thought to Ponder Life is fragile, handle with prayer. AA-related 'Alconym' P A U S E  =  Pay Attention, Use Step Eleven. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strengt ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 31, 2020 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. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 70 - 71 Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 30, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Our Twelfth Suggestion Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89  Thought to Ponder Get it - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 29, 2020 Process of Learning 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 to evaporate. - Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 28, 2020 We Pass It On 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) pp. xvi - xvii Thought to Ponder Only in giving do we receive in full ...Continue Reading