*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 23, 2019* *Step Eleven* Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 85 - 86 Thought to Ponder Life is fragile, handle with prayer. AA-related 'Alconym' *P A U S E*  =  *P*ay *A*ttention, *U*se *S*tep *E*leven. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of y ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 22, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Miracle of Healing* What is this but a miracle of healing? Yet its elements are simple. Circumstances made him willing to believe. He humbly offered himself to his Maker—then he knew. Even so has God restored us all to our right minds. To this man, the revelation was sudden. Some of us grow  more slowly. But He has come to all who have honestly sought Him.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 57  Th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 21, 2019* *Step Ten* This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84 Th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 20, 2019* *Step Nine* We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. His faults are not discussed. We stick to our own. If our manner is calm, frank, and open, we will be gratified with the result. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 77 - 78 Thought to Ponder Wisdom is knowing the right path to take; integrity is taking it. AA-related ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 19, 2019* *Steps Eight and Nine* Now we need more action, without which we find that "Faith without works is dead." Let's look at Steps Eight and Nine. We have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took inventory. We subjected ourselves to a drastic self-appraisal. Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past.. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76 Thought to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 18, 2019* *Ready* When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen."   We have then completed Step Seven. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76 Thought to Ponder Humility ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 17, 2019* *Are We Ready?* If we can answer to our satisfaction, we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all—every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76 Thought to Ponder Habits are like cork or lead -- th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 16, 2019* *We Are Delighted (Step Five)* We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past. Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. We can look the world in the eye. We can be alone at perfect peace and ease. Our fears fall from us. We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator. We may have had certain spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual experience. - Alcoholi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 15, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Our Dilemma* Lack of power, that was our dilemma. we had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that‘s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 45  Thought to Ponder Th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 14, 2019* *Deep Resentment* It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66 Thought to Ponder Resen ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 13, 2019* *We Must* So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible. And there often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His aid. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62 Thought to Ponde ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 12, 2019* *Three Pertinent Ideas* Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85 Thought to Ponder I can't, God can, I'll ask Him to. AA-rela ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 11, 2019* *True Tolerance* We begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 92 Thought to Ponder Let us always love the best in others, and never fear their worst. AA-related 'Alconym' *P U T*  =  *P*ractice *U*sing *T*olerance. Thanks t ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 10, 2019* *From Bridge to Shore* The barriers he had built through the years were swept away. He stood in the Presence of Infinite Power and Love. He had stepped from bridge to shore. For the first time, he lived in conscious companionship with his Creator. Thus was our friend’s cornerstone fixed in place. No later vicissitude has shaken it. His alcoholic problem was taken away. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 56 Thought to Ponder No God, no peace ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 9, 2019* *Value of 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*  =  * ...Continue Reading