AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 28, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Baffling Feature* Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not. 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 o ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 27, 2020* *True Freedom* To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time. A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 73 Thought to Ponder With humility, we accep ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 26, 2020* *Thoroughness* Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery. Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword when taking inventory. In this connection, it is wise to write out our questions and answers. It will be an aid to clear thinking and honest appraisal. It will be the first tangible evidence of our complete willingness to move forward. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 54 Thought to Ponder W ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 25, 2020* *Alcoholic Illness* But not so with the alcoholic illness, for with it there goes annihilation of all the things worth while in life. It engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferer's. It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents—anyone can increase the list. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18 Thought to Ponder Right actions ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 24, 2020* *Resentments* Ask for their health, their prosperity, their happiness, and you will be free. Even when you don’t really want it for them and your prayers are only words and you don’t mean it, go ahead and do it anyway. Do it every day for two weeks, and you will find you have come to mean it and to want it for them, and you will realize that where you used to feel bitterness and resentment and hatred, you now feel compassionate understanding and love. - ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 23, 2020* *Demands* Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands. The difference between a demand and a simple request is plain to anyone. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 76 Thought to Ponder All I have feared to lose I have gained and all I feared to gain I have lost. AA-related 'Alconym' *F ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 22, 2020* *Willingness* But now it appears that there are certain things which only the individual can do. All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness. When he acquires willingness, he is the only one who can make the decision to exert himself. Trying to do this is an act of his own will. All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 21, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Common Solution* The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 17  Thought to Ponder The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.  AA-related 'Alconym' *S O L U T I O N S*  =  *S*aving *O*ur *L*i ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 20, 2020* *Way of Life* 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 The Twelve Steps -- a manuscript for rational living. AA-related 'Alconym' *S T E P S*  =  *S*olutions *T*hrough *E*ach *P*owerful *S*tep. Thanks to a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 19, 2020* *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 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 18, 2020* *Three Pertinent Ideas* Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85 Thought to Ponder I can't, God can, I'll ask Him to. AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 17, 2020* *Grace* 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, ( ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 16, 2020* *Amends* The question of how to approach the man we hated will arise. It may be he has done us more harm than we have done him and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are still not too keen about admitting our faults. Nevertheless, with a person we dislike, we take the bit in our teeth. It is harder to go to an enemy than to a friend, but we find it much more beneficial to us. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 77 Though ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 15, 2020* *Step Three* We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!" - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63 Thou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 14, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Step Twelve* Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder In AA we carry the message ... not the mess.  AA-related 'Alconym' *H E A L*  =  *H*elping *E*very *A*lcoholic *L*ive.  A Member Shares: I'm Charlie J and I sti ...Continue Reading