*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 30, 2017* Inventory We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 43 *Thought to Ponder . . .* In ord ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 29, 2017* *Conditions* We thought “conditions” drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn't to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics. It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 47 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Learn to change, change to learn. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 28, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Laughter* So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness.  Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we bust into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn’t we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 132 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Laughter is the sound of recovery. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* T L C&nbs ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 26, 2017* *A Reminder* 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 Ponder . . .* The ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 25, 2017* *Fellowship* 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 Ponder . . .* Sobriety is the adventure of a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 24, 2017* *Humility* *On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart.  It is to have no trouble.  It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 23, 2017* *A Power* 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 Ponder . . .* Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* H O W  =&nbs ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 22, 2017* *All Inclusive* We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek.  It is open, we believe, to all men. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 46 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Life will take on new meaning. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A A = All Accepted Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 21, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Recovered* You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.  If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking—"What do I have to do?"  It is the purpose of this book ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 20, 2017* *Trust and Reliance* Perhaps 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,/ p. 68 *Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 19, 2017* *Self-Knowledge* But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self- knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 39 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Faith makes the impossible possible. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 18, 2017* *An Understanding* But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 18 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Faith is our greatest gift; its sharing with others our greatest responsibility. *AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 17, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Dependence* The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God. He clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense.  Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job—wife or no wife—we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other peopl ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 16, 2017* *Readiness* We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all—every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 76 *Thought to Ponder . . .* My faults do not make me faulty; they make me human. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A C T I ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 15, 2017* *Half Measures* Without help it is too much for us.  But there is One who has all power—that One is God.  May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point.  We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 59 *Thought to Ponder . . .* When we surrender to our Higher Power, the journey begins. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* G O D  =  Gif ...Continue Reading