*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 21, 2018* *Real Alcoholic*But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 21 Thought to PonderWhen we try to control our drinking, we have already lost control. AA-related 'Alconym'*T H I N K*  =  *T*hank *H*eavens, *I* *N*ow * ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 20, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Step Five*This is perhaps difficult—especially discussing our defects with another person. We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to ourselves. There is doubt about that. In actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient. Many of us thought it necessary to go much further. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72 Thought to PonderWe need to share our problems to find our solutions. AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 19, 2018* *Certain Steps*Our 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, p. 58 Thought to PonderSobriety without action is fantasy. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  *F*ace *E*verything *A*nd *R*ecover. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generou ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 18, 2018* *Troubles*Our basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made “to practice these principles in all our affairs,” well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith. - Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 114 Thought to PonderReliance on God enables me to match calamity with serenity. AA-related 'Alconym'*F A I T H*  =   ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 17, 2018* *New Meaning*Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 89 Thought to PonderGet it - Give it - Grow in it. AA-related 'Alconym'*A A* & ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 16, 2018* *Basic Principles*The basic principles of the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities. The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by the earliest members of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Alcoholic ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 15, 2018* *Obsession*It is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30 Thought to PonderWhen we try to control our drinking, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 14, 2018* *A Power*Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that’s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 45 Thought to PonderWillpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power. AA-relat ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 13, 2018 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Three Pertinent Ideas*Our 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, p. 60 Thought to PonderI can't, God can, I'll ask Him to. AA-rel ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 12, 2018* *Freedom from Fear*When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 122 Thought to PonderSituations I fear are rarely as bad as the fear itself. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  *F*ace *E*v ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 11, 2018* *A Simpler Level*When people presented us with spiritual approaches, how frequently did we all say, "I wish I had what that man has. I’m sure it would work if I could only believe as he believes. But I cannot accept as surely true the many articles of faith which are so plain to him." So it was comforting to learn that we could commence at a simpler level.- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 47 Thought to PonderThe solution is simple. The solution is spirit ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 10, 2018* *Faith*There is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked at our seeming worldliness and levity. But just underneath there is deadly earnestness. Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 16 Thought to PonderIt is when you act on faith that you actually have it. AA-related 'Alconym'*F A I T H*  =  *F*acing *A*ll, *I*ntuitively *T*rusting *H*im. Than ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) May 9, 2018* Spiritually Sick*Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 64 Thought to PonderResentments are like submarines. They run really deep. AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 8, 2018* *Psychic Change*After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxix Thought to PonderPain is the measure of our resistanc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 7, 2018* *Step Ten*The quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes. In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91 Thought to PonderI can’t fix something if I don’t kno ...Continue Reading