AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 22, 2025  The Basic PrinciplesThe basic principles of A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Foreword) p. 16  Thought to Ponder . . .Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 21, 2025  The Old GameNow and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, “I don’t miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time.” As ex-problem drinkers, we smile at such a sally. We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his spirits. He fools himself. Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn’t happy about his sobriety ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 20, 2025  Sane and HappyWe have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities for us. We have found nothing incompatible between a powerful spiritual experience and a life of sane and happy usefulness.- - Alcoholics Anonymous,, (The Family Afterward) p. 130  Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 19, 2025  This Stark FactNo other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands. Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is complete.- - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,, (Step One) p. 21  Thought to Ponder . . .Only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.  AA-related ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 18, 2025  Our DirectorFirst of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62  Thought to Ponder . . .When I change ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 17, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  A Better WayPerhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68  Thought to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 16, 2025  Continue to WatchContinue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. Love and tolerance of others is our code.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84  Thought to Ponder . . .The 3 A’s *—* Awareness, Acceptance, Action. & ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 15, 2025  Remedy My DefectsPatience, tolerance, understanding and love are the watchwords. Show him these things in yourself and they will be reflected back to you from him. Live and let live is the rule. If you both show a willingness to remedy your own defects, there will be little need to criticize each other.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (To Wives) p. 118  Thought to Ponder . . .Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?  AA-related 'Alconym'P E A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 14, 2025  Pass On Our MessageOne of the most fundamental things I have learned is to pass on our message to other alcoholics. That means I must think more about others than about myself. The most important thing is to practice these principles in all my affairs. In my opinion, that is what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Gratitude in Action) p. 199  Thought to Ponder . . .Get it - Give it - Grow in it.  AA-related 'Alconym'B E ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 13, 2025  GratitudeI try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know.- As Bill Sees It, (A Full and Thankful Heart) No. 37  Thought to Ponder . . .There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.  AA-related 'Alconym'H J & F  =   Happy, Joyous & Free. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 12, 2025  PerfectionOnly Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. The remaining eleven Steps state perfect ideals. They are goals toward which we look, and the measuring sticks by which we estimate our progress.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 68  Thought to Ponder . . .It is only when I accept my imperfection that I am able to grow towards who I was created ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 11, 2025  Willing to GrowDo not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . .Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.  AA-related 'Alconym'G R O W T H  =   God Reveals Other Ways To Heal.  To Uns ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 10, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Tradition SixAn A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Twelve Traditions, Appendix I) p. 562  Thought to PonderThe Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelve Traditions tell us why it works.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =  Always Awa ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 9, 2025  Something DesirableSeldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in itself, something we would like to strive for whether our instinctual needs were met or not. We never thought of making honesty, tolerance, and true love of man and God the daily basis of living.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 72  Thought to Ponder . . .This self-centered behavior blocked relationships with anyone around us.  AA-related 'A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 8, 2025  To Be HelpfulThat the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured—these are the conditions we have found ...Continue Reading