*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 28, 2017* *Third Step*We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, /as we understood Him/: "God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!" - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63 Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 27, 2017* *Promises*If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84 Thought to PonderSerenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it. AA-related 'Alconym'*S T E P* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 26, 2017* *New Attitudes *If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care. These were the new attitudes that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could not be deeply shaken by the shortcomings of others or by any calamity not of our own making. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 116 Thought to PonderI never imagined that the great ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 25, 2017* *Probably Alcoholic*If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.  If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 44 Thought to PonderHope leads to faith if you let it. AA-related 'Alconym'*H E L P*  =  *H*is *E*ver-*L*oving *P*rese ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 24, 2017* *An 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 PonderToday I pray over the things that I used to drink over. AA-related 'Alconym'*S T E P S*  =  *S*olutions *T*hrou ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 23, 2017* *Combating Alcoholism*In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure. If the alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion than ever. We have tried these methods. These attempts to do the impossible have always failed.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 101 Thought to PonderFaith makes the impossible possible. AA-rela ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 22, 2017* *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 PonderGod seldom becomes a reality until God becomes a necessity. AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 21, 2017* *Fellowship*The fellowship in AA is unique. Ties are made overnight that it would take years to develop elsewhere. No one needs a false front. All barriers are down. Some who have felt outcasts all their lives now know they really belong. From feeling as if they were dragging anchor through life, they suddenly sail free before the wind. For now they can be of tremendous and peculiar use to others having a dire need like their own. - The Best of th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 20, 2017* *Usefulness*Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 19 - 20 Thought to PonderLove and tolerance of others is our code. AA-related 'Alconym'*H E A L*  =  *H*elping *E ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 19, 2017* *The Key*Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 124 Thought to PonderWe will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. AA-related 'Alconym'*A R T*  ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 18, 2017* *A Meeting*In addition to these casual get-togethers, it became customary to set apart one night a week for a meeting to be attended by anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life. Aside from fellowship and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 160 Thought to PonderTrust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related 'Alconym'*A L C O H O L I C ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 17, 2017* *Pyschic 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 res ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 16, 2017* *The Root*Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62 Thought ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 15, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Action*It works—it really does. We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. But this is not all. There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 88 Thought to PonderSobriety without action is fantasy. AA-related 'Alconym'*S T E P S*  =  *S*olutions *T*hrough *E*ach *P*owerful *S*tep.   A Member Shares ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *October 14, 2017* *One Drink*If hundreds of experiences have shown him that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and humiliation, why is it he takes that one drink? Why can't he stay on the water wagon? What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to other matters? - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 22 Thought to PonderThe first drink has the last say. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  ...Continue Reading