AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 24, 2025  Drink DeliberatelyBut 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. We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premed- itation of what the terrific consequences might be.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 37  Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 23, 2025  JustificationIn 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, (More About Alcoholism) p. 37  Thought to Ponder . . .Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 22, 2025  Expel Their ObsessionWhen men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 21, 2025  Defiance“As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many an alcoholic. So it's not strange that lots of us have had our day at defying God Himself. Sometimes it's because God has not delivered us the good things of life which we specified, as a greedy child makes an impossible list for Santa Claus. More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 20, 2025  Performed His Work WellWe had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well. Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63  Thought to Ponder . . .Service is sobriety in action.  AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 19, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Our Side of the StreetWe are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. His faults are not discussed. We stick to our own. If our manner is calm, frank, and open, we will be gratified with the result.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 77 - 78  Thought to PonderDon't mess up an amend with an excuse.   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 18, 2025  A Free Man At LastReturning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done. We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 17, 2025  Steps Eight and NineSteps Eight and Nine are concerned with personal relationships. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 16, 2025  These PerplexitiesDid these perplexities beset me because of selfishness or unreasonable demands? Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change? These are the sort of fundamental inquiries that can disclose the source of my discomfort and indicate whether I may be able to alter my own conduct and so adjust myself serenely to self-discipline.- Twelve Steps and Twelve T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 15, 2025  Tradition Five“Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition Five) pp. 150-151  Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 14, 2025  Our Own MakingSelfishness—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. So our troubles, we think, are basically ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 13, 2025  Changed In MeUntil I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417  Thought to Ponder . . .Acceptance is the soil where change can actually take root.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 12, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Discover the TruthA business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in trade. One object is to disclose damaged or unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. . . . We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Wo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 11, 2025  Daily Ups and DownsThe quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes. In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 91  Thought to Ponder . . .Forgi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 10, 2025  IsolationIsolation sneaks up on us. We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad. . . . The list is long. The nicest way to end it is the way you and I do: together. Reach out—people can't read your mind. Say ouch! Someone hears. Always.- The Best of the Grapevine, (Vol. 1) pp. 84–85  Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we could never do alone.  AA-related 'Alconym'Y A N A  =   You Are Not Alone.   ...Continue Reading