*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 2, 2019* *Divine Help* "As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help. Had you offered yourselves as patients at this hospital, I would not have taken you, if I had been able to avoid it. People like you are too heartbreaking. Though not a religious person, I have profound respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours.  For most cases, there is virtually ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 1, 2019* *Strength and Direction* Although these reparations take innumerable forms, there are some general principles which we find guiding. Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 79 Thought to Ponder The Three A's .. Awareness, Acceptance, Actio ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 31, 2019* *Worse, Never Better* All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals—usually brief—were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30 Thought to Ponder Alc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 30, 2019* *Safe Guidance* The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand Him. So, practicing these Steps, we had a spiritual awakening about which finally there was no question. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 109 Thought to Ponder Praying is askin ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 29, 2019* *New Meaning* Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89 Thought to Ponder Get it - Give it - Grow in it. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 28, 2019* *Opportunity* Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us? We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 19 Thought to Ponder W ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 27, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Hope* In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to Third Edition) p. xxii  Thought to Ponder Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 26, 2019* *Social Occasions* Go or stay away, whichever seems best. But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good. Do not think of what you will get out of the occasion. Think of what you can bring to it. But if you are shaky, you had better work with another alcoholic instead! - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 102 Thought to Ponder Life didn't end when I got sober, it started. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 25, 2019* *We Asked God* Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too. We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done." - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67 Thought to Po ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 24, 2019* *Step Five* We'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves—the help of God and another human being. Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 59 Thought to Ponder Is the life I'm living the life th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 23, 2019* *Defiance* “As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many an alcoholic. So it's not strange that lots of us have had our day at defying God Himself. Sometimes it's because God has not delivered us the good things of life which we specified, as a greedy child makes an impossible list for Santa Claus. More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God de ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 22, 2019* *Vitally Needed Support* 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. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 21, 2019* *Recovery* Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn’t so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) pp. 99 - 100 Thought to Ponder Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. AA-related 'Alconym' *F R O G*  ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 20, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *An Answer* Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly. Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to Second Edition) p. xxi  Thought to Ponder Joy is in knowing there is an answer.  AA-related 'Alconym' *A A*  ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 19, 2019* *Discipline* It works—it really does. We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. But this is not all. There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 88 Thought to Ponder The Three A's .. Awareness, Acceptance, Action. AA-related 'Alconym' *S T E P S*  =  *S*olutions *T*hrough *E*ach *P*owerful *S*tep. Thanks to a ...Continue Reading