*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 31, 2020* *Simple Kit* When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.  We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25 Thought to Ponder The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual AA-relat ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 30, 2020* *Self-Searching* There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25 Thought to Ponder We need to uncover to recover. AA-related 'A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 29, 2020* *Soul Sickness* Alcoholics especially should be able to see that instinct run wild in themselves is the underlying cause of their destructive drinking. We have drunk to drown feelings of fear, frustration, and depression. We have drunk to escape the guilt of passions, and then have drunk again to make more passions possible. We have drunk for vainglory—that we might the more enjoy foolish dreams of pomp and power. This perverse soul-sickness is not p ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 28, 2020* *Comforted and Assured* Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom. And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 98 Thought to Ponder The will of God will never take me where the grace of God will not protect me. AA-relat ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 27, 2020* *Tolerance and Respect* Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There is a Solution) pp. 19 - 20 Thought to Ponder What if I were caring rather than judgmental? AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) January 26, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Quit Playing God* First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are his agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62&nb ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 25, 2020* *What We Have Done* 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 tell you what we have done. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 20 Thou ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 24, 2020* *But a Symptom* Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions. - A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 23, 2020* *Describe Yourself* When he sees you know all about the drinking game, commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic. Tell him how baffled you were, how you finally learned that you were sick. Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop. Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree. We suggest you do this as we have done it in the chapter on alcoholism. If he is alcoholic, he will understand you at once. - Alcoholics ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 22, 2020* *No Control* He has lost control. At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected. The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) pp. 23 - 24 Thought to P ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 21, 2020* *Soundness of Mind* "Sanity" is defined as "soundness of mind." Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior, whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself. Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradit ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 20, 2020* *Daily Inventory* In most cases our motives won't be hard to see and understand. When prideful, angry, jealous, anxious, or fearful, we acted accordingly, and that was that. Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 94 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) January 19, 2020 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Try Prayer* Finally, and I shall never know how much later it was, one clear thought came to me: Try prayer. You can't lose, and maybe God will help you—just maybe, mind you. Having no one else to turn to, I was willing to give Him a chance, although with considerable doubt. I got down on my knees for the first time in thirty years.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Man Who Mastered Fear) p. 251  Thought to Ponder No Go ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 18, 2020* *The Only Condition* Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 98 Thought to Ponder Sobriety without action is fantasy. AA-related 'Alconym' *A A*  =  *A*chieve *A*nything. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA mes ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) Dear Readers, My deepest apologies for the misquoted source of yesterday's Daily Thought.  The Thought is actually from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. *January 17, 2020* *An Opportunity* We find it a waste of time to keep chasing a man who cannot or will not work with you. If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself. To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an o ...Continue Reading