*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 22, 2017* *Spiritual Growth*At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. . . .if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere. So we used our own conception, however limited it was. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 47 Thought to PonderSpiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. AA-related 'Alconym'*G O D*  =  *G*ift *O*f *D*esperation. & ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 21, 2017* *Consequences*In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like. But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 37 Thought to PonderWhen I choose the behavior, I choose the consequences. AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 20, 2017* *Higher Power*On one proposition, however, these men and women are strikingly agreed. Every one of them has gained access to, and believes in, a Power greater than himself. This Power has in each case accomplished the miraculous, the humanly impossible. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 50 Thought to PonderWillpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power. AA-related 'Alconym'*B I G  B O O K*  =  *B*elieving *I*n *G*od *B*eats *O*ur *O* ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 19, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Blessings of Sobriety*We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness... Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. - Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 -84 Thought to PonderSobriety is the adventure of a lifetime. And it begins the moment we ask AA for ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 18, 2017* *Real Alcoholics*Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not  going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove   themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 31 Thought to PonderI would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic,  than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 17, 2017* *Insane Idea*But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 37 Thought to PonderThe ultimate defense against the first drink is a spiri ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 16, 2017* *Choice*At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected./The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink./ - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 24 Thought to PonderAlcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful! AA-rel ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 15, 2017* *Directions*If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us. To some extent we have become God-conscious. We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense. But we must go further and that means more action. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85 Thought to PonderFaith is mighty. Action with faith is mightier. AA-related 'Alconym'*A A*  =  *A*ccountable *A*ctions.   Thanks to all of you for shari ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 14, 2017* *Carry the Message*"AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth will die." - The Language of the Heart, "What Is the Third Legacy?" Thought to PonderIn AA we carry the message ... not the mess. AA-related 'Alconym'*P R O G R A M*  =  *P*eople *R*elying *O*n *G*od *R*elaying *A* *M*essage ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day*(courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 13, 2017* *Tradition Eleven*/"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films."/ To us, however, it represents far more than a sound public relations policy. It is more than a denial of self-seeking. This Tradition is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place in A.A. In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our ...Continue Reading

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