*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 2, 2019* *The Turning Point* Remember that we deal with alcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. - Alcoholics Anonymous (How It Works) pp. 58 - 59 Thought to Ponder When we surrender to our Higher Power, the journey begins. AA-relate ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 1, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Our Own Mistakes* Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened? Though a situation had not been entirely our fault, we tried to disregard the other person involved entirely. Where were we to blame? The inventory was ours, not the other man’s.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67  Thought to P ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 30, 2019* *Anger* If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison. - Alcoholics Anonymous (How It Works) p. 66 Thought to Ponder Anger is just one letter short of danger. AA-related 'Alconym' *C A L M*  =  *C*ause *A*nger *L*eft *M*e. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 29, 2019* *A Sufficient Substitute* We have shown how we got out from under. You say, "Yes, I’m willing. But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see? I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute?" Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. - Alcoholics Anonymous (A Vision For You) ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 28, 2019* *Genuine Gratitude* Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living. An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 95 Thought to Ponder Gratitude is a tool, a form of perspective, reminding me to appreciate the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 27, 2019* *Pride* Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 49 Thought to Ponder Swallowing my pride will not get me drunk. AA-related 'Alconym' *P R I D E ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 26, 2019* *Humble Admission* Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip. So it is that we first see humility as a necessity. But this is the barest beginning. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) pp. 72 - 73 Thought to Ponder The difference between pride and humility: Pride is who is right. Hu ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 25, 2019* *Thoughtful Reflection* Calm, thoughtful reflection upon personal relations can deepen our insight.  We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives. Thoroughness, we have found, will pay—and pay handsomely. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. 80 Thought to Ponder I need to u ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 24, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Over and Over* After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 23, 2019* *Willing to Grow* Many of us exclaimed, “What an order! I can’t go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60 Thought to Ponder Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. AA-related 'Alconym' *S ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 22, 2019* *Essential Requirements* Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements. Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) pp. 13 - 14 Thought to Ponder While it isn't always easy, if I ke ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 21, 2019* *Reborn* More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63 Thought to Ponder The power within me is far greater than any fear before me. AA-related ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 20, 2019* *Searching and Fearless* Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which had brought us to physical, moral, and spiritual bankruptcy. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 107 Thought to Ponder In order to recover, we have to uncover. AA-related 'Alconym' *S T E P S*  =  *S*olutions *T*hrough *E*ach *P*owerful *S*tep. Thanks to all of you for sharin ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 19, 2019* *Depending On God* If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care. These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply shaken by the shortcomings of others or by any calamity not of our own making. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 116 Thought to Ponder Life will ta ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 18, 2019* *Emotional Stability* When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 116 Thought to Ponder The will of God will never take me where the grace of God will not protect me. AA-related 'Alconym' *G I ...Continue Reading