AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 7, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Enjoying Life* We have been speaking to you of serious, sometimes tragic things. We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspect. But we aren’t a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn’t want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 132 Thought to Ponder Alcoholics Anonymous is the only place in the world where you can walk into a room full of total ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 6, 2018* *Our Job* 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, p. 102 Thought to Ponder Trust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related 'Alconym' *W O R K*  =  *W*hat ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 5, 2018* *Fifth Step* Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 4, 2018* *Actual Experience* Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience. In other words, he talked my language. He knew all the answers, and certainly not because he had picked them up in his reading. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 180 Thought to Ponder Get it - Give it - Grow in it. AA-related 'Alconym' *A A*  =  *A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 3, 2018* *Regret* We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84 Thought to Ponder I made decisions that I regret, and tod ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 2, 2018* *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, p. 79 Thought to Ponder The Three A's .. Awareness, Acceptance, Action. AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 1, 2018* *Tradition Four* When A.A.'s Traditions were first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering. We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee survival. We had discovered that there was perfect safety in the process of trial and error. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 146 Thought to Ponder The Twelve Steps tell u ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 30, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Seemingly Hopeless* 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 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 29, 2018* *No Defense* Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 43 Thought to Ponder The ultimate defense against the first drink is a spiritual one. AA-related 'Alconym' *H E L P*  =  *H*is *E*ver-*L*oving *P*resence. Thanks ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 28, 2018* *Rallying Point* Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 33 Thought to Ponder Let go and let God. AA-related 'Alconym' *F A I T H*  =  ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 27, 2018* *An Arch* Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done. We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 26, 2018* *Absolutely Necessary* When our friend related his experience, the man agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long. A spiritual experience, he conceded, was absolutely necessary, but the price seemed high upon the basis suggested. He told how he lived in constant worry about those who might find out about his alcoholism. He had, of course, the familiar alcoholic obsession that few knew of his drinking. - Alc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 25, 2018* *Spiritually-Minded* People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves. - Alcoholics Anonymo ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 24, 2018* *Self-Justification* For most of us, self-justification was the maker of excuses; excuses, of course, for drinking, and for all kinds of crazy and damaging conduct. We had made the invention of alibis a fine art. We had to drink because times were hard or times were good. We had to drink because at home we were smothered with love or got none at all . . . . . . And so it went, ad infinitum. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 46 - 47 Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 23, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Denial* Fred would not believe himself an alcoholic, much less accept a spiritual remedy for his problem. We told him what we knew about alcoholism. He was interested and conceded that he had some of the symptoms, but he was a long way from admitting that he could do nothing about it himself.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 39 - 40 Thought to Ponder Don't believe everything you think. AA-related 'Alconym' *Y E T*  =&n ...Continue Reading