AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 19, 2020 Humility Then, in A.A., we looked and listened. Everywhere we saw failure and misery transformed by humility into priceless assets. We heard story after story of how humility had brought strength out of weakness. In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradit ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 18, 2020 Good Living For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 125 Thought to Ponder The Three A's .. Awareness, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 17, 2020 Prayer Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. 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. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Tr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 16, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Willing 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 What have I been given today? Am I willing to reach out and grasp it?  AA-related 'Alconym' *H O W*  =& ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 15, 2020 Acceptance And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417 Th ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 14, 2020 Attitudes We are careful never to show intolerance or hatred of drinking as an institution. Experience shows that such an attitude is not helpful to anyone. Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit among us and is immensely relieved when he finds we are not witchburners. A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 103 Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 13, 2020 All Are Welcomed No one is too discredited or has sunk too low to be welcomed cordially—if he means business. Social distinctions, petty rivalries and jealousies—these are laughed out of countenance. Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them. How could they? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 12, 2020 Amends Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76 Thought to Ponder Don't mess up an amend with an excuse. AA-r ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 11, 2020 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. - 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. Thanks to all of yo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 10, 2020 We Reviewed We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 96 Thought to Ponder Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday. AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 9, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Practice These Principles One of the most fundamental things I have learned is to pass on our message to other alcoholics. That means I must think more about others than about myself. The most important thing is to practice these principles in all my affairs. In my opinion, that is what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Gratitude in Action) p. 199  Thought to Ponder Grateful is a feeling. Gra ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 8, 2020 But The First Step Cessation of drinking is but the first step away from a highly strained, abnormal condition. A doctor said to us, "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill." Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather. Each in his turn may be footsore and may straggle. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 7, 2020 Experience Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 124 Thought to Ponder If you want to change who you are, change what you do. AA-related 'Alconym' H O W  =  Honest, Open-minded, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 6, 2020 Willing to Believe If the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic that he does not have to agree with your conception of God. He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him. The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 93 Thought to Ponder I came; I came to; I came to believe. AA-related 'Alconym' G O D ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) August 5, 2020 Faith We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in? Step Three represents our first attempt to do this. In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditio ...Continue Reading