AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) March 1, 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. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 17  Thought to Ponder The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.&nbs ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 29, 2020* *Phenomenon of Craving* They took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment was not met. These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) pp. xxix - xxx Thought to Ponder It's the first drink that gets you drunk. AA-related 'Alcon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 28, 2020* *Spirituality* I finally began to separate the religious aspects of my life from A.A.’s spiritual program. Now the big difference to me is that religion is the ritual, and we all differ there, and spirituality is the way we feel about what we do. It’s about my personal contact with my personal Higher Power, as I understand Him. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Drunk, Like You) p. 406 Thought to Ponder A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift. AA-relat ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 27, 2020* *Persistent Effort* We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 43 Thought to Ponder In ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 26, 2020* *Hundreds of Experiences* Why does he behave like this? If hundreds of experiences have shown him that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and humiliation, why is it he takes that one drink? Why can’t he stay on the water wagon? What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to other matters? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 22 Thought to Ponder The first ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 25, 2020* *The Jumping-Off Place* Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn’t happy about his sobriety. He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 24, 2020* *Keynotes* Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody. When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done." And we can often ask ourselves, "Am I doing to others as I would have them do to me—today?" - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 93 Thought to Ponder The Three "C's" -- Concern, Compassion, Consideration ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 23, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Key to the Future* We turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future. We were prepared to look at it from an entirely different angle. We began to see that the world and its people really dominated us. In that state, the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill. How could we escape? We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how?  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 22, 2020* *A Real Answer* That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured—these are the conditions we h ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 21, 2020* *Resistance* Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice. Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism. This sort of thinking had to be abandoned. Though some of us resisted, we found no great difficulty in casting aside such feelings. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 47 - 48 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 20, 2020* *Fit Spiritual Condition* We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us. We are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our experience. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 85 Thought to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 19, 2020* *Resentments* To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got. The usual outcome was that people continued to wrong us and we stayed sore. Sometimes it was remorse and then we were sore at ourselves. But the more we fought and tried to have our own way, the worse matters got. As in war, the victor only seemed to win. Our moments of triumph were short-lived. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66 Thought to Ponder Resentme ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 18, 2020* *Most Profound Result* 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. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 17, 2020* *Meditation* Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love. And let's always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical. One of its first fruits is emotional balance. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) February 16, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Complete Defeat* Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life. The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.  - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) pp. 21 - 22  Thought to Ponder No God, no peace -- know God, know peace.  AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading