AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 12, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *The Main Purpose*WE, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii Thought to PonderG ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November, 11, 2017* *Self-Centered*Never once in my life have I had a headache, which fact leads me to believe that I was an alcoholic almost from the start. My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 172 Thought to PonderThe smallest package in the world is an alcoholic ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 10, 2017* *Providence*It is truly awful to admit, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 21 Thought to PonderAvoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. AA-related 'Alconym'*N E W*  =  *N*othing *E*lse *W*orked.   Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 9, 2017* *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 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 8, 2017* *Helpfulness*Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others,  so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.  You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on earth on such an errand.  Keep on the firing line of life with these motives and God will keep you unharmed./- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 102 *Thought to Ponder . . .*Trust God. Clean house. Help others. *AA-related 'Alconym' . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 7, 2017* *Open Minded*Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this respect alcohol was a great persuader. It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness. Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one else will be prejudiced for as long as some of us were. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 48 Thought to PonderSpirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven. AA ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 6, 2017* *Step Two*/"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."/ Even so has God restored us all to our right minds. To this man, the revelation was sudden. Some of us grow into it more slowly. But He has come to all who have honestly sought Him. When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us! - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 57 Thought to PonderI came; I came to; I came to believe. AA-related 'Alconym'*A B C*& ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 5, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Spiritual Experience*Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time. Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself. He finally realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone.&n ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 4, 2017* *The Great Fact*The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164 Thought to PonderTrust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related 'Alconym'*F R O G*  =  *F*ully *R*ely *O*n *G*od.   Thanks to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 3, 2017* *Faith*There is only one key, and it is called willingness. Once unlocked by willingness, the door opens almost of itself, and looking through it, we shall see a pathway beside which is an inscription. It reads: "This is the way to a faith that works."  - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 34 Thought to PonderWhat have I been given today? Am I willing to reach out and grasp it? AA-related 'Alconym'*F A I T H*  =  *F*acing *A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 2, 2017* *Amends*Nevertheless, with a person we dislike, we take the bit in our teeth. It is harder to go to an enemy than to a friend, but we find it much more beneficial to us. We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 77 Thought to PonderDon't mess up an amend with an excuse. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  *F*ace *E*verything *A*nd *R*ecover.   ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 1, 2017* *Thy Will*As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 87 - 88 Thought to PonderI can't do His will my way. AA-related 'Alc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 31, 2017* *Beyond Human Aid*The alcoholic may say to himself in the most casual way, "It won’t burn me this time, so here’s how!" Or perhaps he doesn’t think at all... ...When this sort of thinking is fully established in an individual with alcoholic tendencies, he has probably placed himself beyond human aid, and unless locked up, may die or go permanently insane. These stark and ugly facts have been confirmed by legions of alcoholics throughout histor ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 30, 2017* *Isolation*What are we likely to receive from Step Five? For one thing, we shall get rid of that terrible sense of isolation we've always had. Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. - Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 57 Thought to PonderAn alcoholic is someone who wants to be held whil ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 29, 2017* *Spiritual Growth*The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 60 Thought to PonderGrowing old is inevitable, growing up is optional, growing spiritually is up to me. AA-related 'Alconym'*K I S S*  =  *K*eeping *I*t *S*imple, *S*piritually.   Thanks to all of you for shar ...Continue Reading