*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 28, 2017* *Daily Reprieve*It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels.  We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85 Thought to PonderThe alcoholic is i ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 27, 2017* *Gravely Affected*To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years. Certain drinkers, who would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 33 Thought to PonderIf I think I am a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 26, 2017* *Diagnosis*We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31 - 32 Thought to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 25, 2017* *Continuous Action*More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life. That is just where the remaining Steps of the A.A. program come in. Nothing short of continuous action upon these as a way of life can bring the much-desired result. - 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, pp. 39 - 40 Thought to PonderW ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) September 24, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ AcceptanceWe admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion had begun.- As Bill Sees It, p. 109 Thought to PonderThe Three A's .. Awareness, Acceptance, Action. AA-related 'Alconym'A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 23, 2017* *Control*We 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, p. 30 Thought to PonderWhen we try to control our drinking, we have already ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 22, 2017* *Our Home*Since the home has suffered more than anything else, it is well that a man exert himself there. He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof. We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 127 Thought to PonderRight actions for the future are the best apologies for ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 21, 2017* *Essential Requirements*My friend promised when these things were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems. Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements.  - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 13 - 14 Thought to PonderFaith makes the impossible po ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 20, 2017*   Step Twelve/"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry  this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."/ Outline the program of action, explaining how you made a self-appraisal,  how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be  helpful to him. It is important for him to realize that your attempt to  pass this on to him ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 19, 2017* *Inventory* When AA suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look inside himself. Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!" But the testimony of AA's who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 18, 2017* *Reliance*Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87 Thought to PonderAction without prayer is self-reliance ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 17, 2017* *The Actor*More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 73 Thought to PonderCharacter is what I am; reputation is what people think I am. AA-related 'Alconym'*F E A R*  =  *F*ighting *E*go ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 16, 2017* *Singleness of Purpose*“Singleness of purpose" is essential to the effective treatment of alcoholism. The reason for such exaggerated focus is to overcome denial. The denial associated with alcoholism is cunning, baffling, and powerful and affects the patient, helper, and the community. Unless alcoholism is kept relentlessly in the foreground, other issues will usurp everybody’s attention. - A.A. World Services, Inc., About AA, F-13 Fall/Wi ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 15, 2017* *Insanity*What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time the desperate experiment of the first drink? Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon. Why does he? Of what is he thinking? - Alcoholics Anonmy, p. 35 Thought to PonderAlcohol—cunning, baffling, powerful! AA-related 'Alconym'*I S M*  =  *I ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *September 14, 2017* *Emotional Security*The most common symptoms of emotional insecurity are worry, anger, self-pity, and depression. These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without. To take inventory in this respect we ought to consider carefully all personal relationships which bring continuous or recurring trouble. It should be remembered that this kind of insecurity may arise in any area where instincts are threat ...Continue Reading