*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 12, 2018* *Perspective* Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word “blame” from our speech and thought. This required great willingness even to begin. But once over the first two or three high hurdles, the course ahead began to look easier. For we had started to get perspective on ourselves, which is another way of saying that we were gaining in humility. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 47 - 48 Thought to Ponder Learning is the ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 11, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Straighten out the Past* Under no condition do we criticize such a person or argue. Simply we tell him that we will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past. 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.  - Alcohol ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 10. 2018* *Opportunity to Recover* Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us? We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 19 Thought to Ponder When all el ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 9. 2018* *Results of Prayer* In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 104 Thought to Ponder Try ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 8. 2018* *Willingness to Believe* Let us make haste to reassure you. We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 46 Thought to Ponder God seldom becomes a reality until God becomes a necessity. AA-related 'Alcon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 7. 2018* *Our First Attempt* 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. In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to “a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 34 - 35 Thought to Ponder Avoid ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 6. 2018* *Astonished* To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years. Certain drinkers, who would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 33 Thought to Ponder When we try to control ou ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 5. 2018* *Indecision* In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86 Thought to Ponder With God's help, intuition and inspiration are possible. AA-related 'Alconym' *F A I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 4, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Change in Attitude* During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. And this was true whether we had been believers or unbelievers. We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 3. 2018* *Listed and Analyzed* If we have been thorough about our personal inventory, we have written down a lot. We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. We have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness. We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 70 Thought to Ponder We are p ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 2, 2018* *Misdirected Instincts* Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct. When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts, have turned into physical and mental liabilities. Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what these liabilities in each of us have been, and are. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 42 Thought to Ponder Uncover to Recover. AA-related 'Alconym' *G I F T S*& ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 1, 2018* *My Master* No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. I had been overwhelmed. Alcohol was my master - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 8 Thought to Ponder The gritty pain of alcoholism is the traction of recovery. AA-related 'Alconym' *H O P E*  =  *H*old *O*n, *P*ain *E*nds. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of you ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 31, 2018* *Rocketed* But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it. When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 30, 2018* *Ageless Truth* 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. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. To an amazing extent the facts of A.A. Life confirm this agele ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 29, 2018* *Unshakable Foundation* There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 98 Thought to Ponder Today I pray over the things that I used to drink over. AA-related 'Alconym' *A A*  =  *A*ttitude *A*djustment. ...Continue Reading