*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 20, 2019* *More Action* If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us. To some extent we have become God-conscious. We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense. But we must go further and that means more action.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action,) p. 85 Thought to Ponder Faith is mighty. Action with faith is mightier. AA-related 'Alconym' *A B C*  =  Action, Belief, Continue. Thanks to al ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 19, 2019* *A Good Beginning* In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works,) pp. 70 - 71 Thought to Ponder If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 18, 2019* *A Gift* When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. He has been set on a path which tells him he is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered.  ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 17, 2019* *Entire Psychic Change* 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 Doctors Opinion,) p. xxix Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 16, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Tradition Five* Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose—that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Twelve Traditions, Appendix 1) p. 563  Thought to Ponder In AA we don't carry the alcoholic; we carry the message.  AA-related 'Alconym' *B E S T*  =  Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?  A Member ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 15, 2019* *Fearful* At heart we had all been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability. The result was the same—all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol. But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.  - Twelve Steps and Twe ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 14, 2019* *Reason* Hence, we saw that reason isn’t everything. Neither is reason, as most of us use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds. What about people who proved that man could never fly? Yet we had been seeing another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose above their problems. They said God made these things possible, and we only smiled. We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 13, 2019* *Depth and Weight* Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices. The message which can interest and hold these alcoholic people must have depth and weight. In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves, if they are to re-create their lives.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctors Opinion,) p. xxviii Thought to Ponder God seldom becomes a reality until God becomes a necessity. AA-related 'Alconym' *A B C*  =&n ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 12, 2019* *Tradition Six* An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Twelve Traditions,) Appendix One Thought to Ponder Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. AA-related 'Alconym' *A L C O H O L I C S*  =  A Life Consisting ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 11, 2019* *Simple, But Not Easy* 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 New ideals and new attitudes bring ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 10, 2019* *Step Six* 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 The task ahead of us is never as gre ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) June 9, 2019 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Design for Living* We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution,) p. 28  Thought to Ponder The Twelve Steps — a manuscript for rational living.  ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 8, 2019* *I Am Responsible . . .* When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible. Declaration of 30th Anniversary A. A. International Convention, 1965  - As Bill Sees It, (I Am Responsible,) No. 332 Thought to Ponder I may be the only "Big Book" another alcoholic has seen. AA-related 'Alconym' *P R O G R A M*  =  People Relying On God Relaying A Message. Thanks to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 7, 2019* *Helpfulness to Others* Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on earth on such an errand. Keep on the firing line of life with these motives and God will keep you unharmed.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others,) p.102 Thought to Ponder Trust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 6, 2019* *Precisely How* WE, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreword to First Edition,) p.xiii Thought to Ponder When all else fail ...Continue Reading