AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 7, 2025  ControlWe alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals—usually brief—were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30  Thought to Ponder . . .If I'm trying to control my drin ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)July 6, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Half MeasuresRemember that we deal with alcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 58 - 59  Thought to PonderWe thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 5, 2025  Prayer and MeditationStep Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. It would be easy to be vague about this matter. Yet, we believe we can make some definite and valuable suggestions.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 85 - 86  Thought to Ponder . . .Relationships are built with communication; so we pray. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 4, 2025  Took Stock HonestlyIf the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values. We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly. First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure. Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64  Thought to Ponder . . .The chief activa ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 3, 2025  Only A LittleWe realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 164  Thought to Ponder . . .Trust God. Clean house. Help others.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Action Always.  To Unsubscribe - Click HereYou are c ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 2, 2025  A MiracleSave for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him. Seemingly he could not drink even if he would. God had restored his sanity. What is this but a miracle of healing?- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 57  Thought to Ponder . . .Don't give up before the miracle happens.  AA-related 'Alconym'G O D  =   Gifts Offered Daily.  To Unsu ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)July 1, 2025  Step ThreeIn the first two Steps we were engaged in reflection. We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone. These conclusions did not require action; they required only acceptance. Like all the remaining Steps, Step Three calls for affirmative action, for it is only by action that we can cut away the self-will which has always blocked the entry of God—or, if you li ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 30, 2025  A Regular HabitMore experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism. For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 88  Thought to Ponder . . .I can’t fix ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 29, 2025  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.- As Bill Sees It, (I am Responsible) No. 332  Thought to Ponder . . .I am responsible for the effort, not the outcome.  AA-related 'Alconym'P R O G R A M  =   People Relying On God Relaying A Message.  To Unsubscribe - Click HereYou are currently subscribed to:     Daily Thoug ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 28, 2025  A Bare BeginningIs sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life—the one that did not work—for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever.- As Bill Sees It, (A New Life) No. 8  Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 27, 2025  To Be HelpfulWe are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word. There are no fees or dues whatsoever. The only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking. We are not allied with any particular faith, sect or denomination, nor do we oppose anyone. We simply wish to be helpful to those who are afflicted.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreword To First Edition) p. xiv  Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety is the adventure of a li ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 26, 2025  YesIf you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: “Yes, that happened to me”; or, more important, “Yes, I’ve felt like that”; or, most important, “Yes, I believe this program can work for me too.”- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Preface to Fourth Edition) p. xii  Thought to Ponder . . .Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  = &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 25, 2025  Earnestly SeekWe found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 46  Thought to Ponder . . .I came, I came to, I came to believe.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   All Accepted  To Unsubscribe - Click HereYou are currently ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 24, 2025  Three Pertinent IdeasOur description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . .I can't, God can, I'll ask Him to.  AA- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 23, 2025  Thoroughly Followed Our PathRarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58  Thought to Ponder . . .Meeting makers make meetings. Step takers recover.  AA-related 'Alconym'N U T S &n ...Continue Reading