AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 24, 2025  The Answer CameCould I be an alcoholic without some of the hair-raising experiences I had heard of in meetings? The answer came to me very simply in the first step of the Twelve Steps of A.A. “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.”- Alcoholics Anonymous, (It Might Have Been Worse) p. 354  Thought to Ponder . . .If I think I am an alcoholic, chances are I am.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A A  =   Aw ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 23, 2025  Pride Steps InPride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 49  Thought to Ponder . . .Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.  AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 22, 2025  To Be HelpfulOutline the program of action, explaining how you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him. It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery. Actually, he may be helping you more than you are helping him.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 94  Thought to Ponder . . .Service made me feel usef ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 21, 2025  ResentmentsIn dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were "burned up."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64 - 65  Thought to Ponder . . .In order to rec ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 20, 2025  What Is This Power?What is this power that A.A. possesses? This curative power? I don’t know what it is. I suppose the doctor might say, “This is psychosomatic medicine.” I suppose the psychiatrist might say, “This is benevolent interpersonal relations.” I suppose others would say, “This is group psychotherapy.” To me it is God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Physician, Heal Thyself!) p. 308  Thought to Ponder . . .Dependence on God is our chief source ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 19, 2025  Maker of ExcusesThe problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine. First off, they can be told that the majority of A.A. members have suffered severely from self-justification during their drinking days. 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.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (S ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 18, 2025  WillingOur stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58  Thought to Ponder . . .There is no easier, softer way.  AA-related 'Alconym'H O W  =   Honest, Open-minded, Willing.  To Unsubscribe - Click HereYou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 17, 2025  Nourishment for the SoulThose of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. 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.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 97  Thought to Ponder . . .A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 16, 2025  Our Own PowerMany of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to. Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our own power. We had to have God’s help.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62  Thought to Ponder . . .What I learned is of little value, what action I take is more helpful.  AA-related 'Alconym'H E L P  =   His Ever- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 15, 2025  In the StillnessIn all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "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, (Step Three) pp. 40 - 41  Thought to Ponder . . .Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 14, 2025  Key of WillingnessOnce we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 35  Thought to Ponder . . .If faith without works is dead, then willingness without action is fantasy. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 12, 2025 I apologise for the lateness of your Daily Thought today. The good news? It was my error and not the new server!  A Fatal MaladyContinue to speak of alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady. Talk about the conditions of body and mind which accompany it. Keep his attention focussed mainly on your personal experience. Explain that many are doomed who never realize their predicament.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 92  Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 11, 2025  UnityRealization dawns that he is but a small part of a great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for preservation of the Fellowship. He learns that the clamor of desires and ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these could damage the group. It becomes plain that the group must survive or the individual will not.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition One) p. 130  Thought to Ponder . . .There is no strength without unity. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 10, 2025  MeditationMeditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 101  Thought ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 8, 2025  Power of ChoiceThe fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 24  Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading