*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 22, 2018* *Insecurity* Our egomania digs two disastrous pitfalls. Either we insist upon dominating the people we know, or we depend upon them far too much.  If we lean too heavily on people, they will sooner or later fail us, for they  are human, too, and cannot possibly meet our incessant demands.  In this way our insecurity grows and festers. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 53 *Thought to Ponder . . .* No God, no peace --- know ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 21, 2018* *Serenity* "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done." - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 41 Thought to Ponder Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.   AA-related 'Alconym' *K I S S*  =  *K*eep *I*t *S*erenely *S*imple. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generousl ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 20, 2018* *Helping Others* Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. Offer him friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 95 Thought to Ponder Sobriety is the adventure of a lifetime. And it begins the moment we ask AA for help.  AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 19, 2018* *First Attempt* Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. Therefore our problem now becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in? Step Three represents our first attempt to do this. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 34 Thought to Ponder Take a walk with God. He will meet you at the Steps.  AA-related 'Alconym' *H O P E*  =&n ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 18, 2018* *Ugly Facts* "For God’s sake, how did I ever get started again?"’ Only to have that thought supplanted by "Well, I’ll stop with the sixth drink." Or "What’s the use anyhow?" When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane. These stark and ugly facts have been confirmed by l ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 17, 2018* *Rationalization* "Maybe I can postpone dealing with some of my problems indefinitely." Of course, this won't do. Such a bluffing of oneself will have to go the way of many another pleasant rationalization. At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 69 Thought to Ponder Rationalizing is a de ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 16, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Step Five* 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 mean that we have admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72 Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 15, 2018* *Change* Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish dependence to adult responsibility -- all this and infinitely more represent change for the better. . . Only God is unchanging; only He has all the truth there is. - As Bill Sees It, p. 76 Thought to Ponder If I don't change, my sobriety date will.  AA-related 'Alconym' *C H ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 14, 2018* *Lost Faith* Sometimes A.A, comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 28 Thought to Ponder Hope leads to faith if you l ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 13, 2018* *A Spiritual Experience* On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary. His wife came, scarcely daring to be hopeful, though she thought she saw something different about her husband already. He had begun to have a spiritual experience. That afternoon he put on his clothes and walked from the hospital a free man. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 158 Thought ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 12, 2018* *Prayer* All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will. Occasionally we go even further than this. We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 105 Thought to Ponder Tr ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 11, 2018* *Step Three* All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is only one key, and it is called willingness. Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription. It reads: “This is the way to a faith that works.” - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 34 Thought to Ponder Faith makes the impossible possible.  AA-related 'Alconym' * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 10, 2018* *Obsession*Never could we recapture the great moments of the past. There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it. There was always one more attempt—and one more failure. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 151 Thought to PonderWithin our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.  AA-related 'Alconym'*H O P E*  =  *H* ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 9, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Fellowship*Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. - Preamble, The AA Grapevine, Inc. Thought to PonderIn AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving, or receive without giving. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E L L O W S H I P*  =  *F*aith, *E*m ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 8, 2018* *Bankruptcy*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 PonderCourage is not the absence of fear, but taking the action in spite of the fear.  AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  *F*ace *E*verything *A*nd *R*ecover. Thanks to all of you ...Continue Reading