*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 14, 2017* *Honesty* We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 65 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Honesty is the absence of the intent to deceive. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* C H A N G E  =  Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in c ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 13, 2017* *Isolation* Isolation sneaks up on us.  We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad. We can isolate ourselves in an attempt to clean up our apartments (and then not do the cleaning); we can isolate ourselves in churches or in sleep; we can use family, sweethearts, compulsive working, television.  The list is long. The nicest way  to end it is the way you and I do: together. Reach out -- people can't ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 12, 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' . . .* H J F& ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 11, 2017* *Dependence* 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 people ahead of dependence on God. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 98 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I cannot mend if I bend the truth. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *G I F T** = **G**od **I**s **F**orever **T**here. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generousl ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 10, 2017* *Two Alternatives* We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 25 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I have learned that I did not ge ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 9, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Humility* To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety—in other words, to all of us—this newfound peace is a priceless gift. Something new indeed has been added. Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 74  *Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 8, 2017* *Thoroughness* Calm, thoughtful reflection upon personal relations can deepen our insight.  We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives. Thoroughness, we have found, will pay—and pay handsomely. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, /p. 80 *Thought to Ponder . . .* My faults do not make me faulty; ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 7, 2017* *The Old Game* Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn’t happy about his sobriety. He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as   few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 1 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 6, 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. 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 Ponder . . .* Talking about the spiritual part of the pr ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 5, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ A New Life* Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p 8  *Thought to Ponder . . .* Sobriety is not a destination, but an everlasting journey. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* H J F  =  Happy, Joyous, Fr ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 4, 2017* *Choice* When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn’t. What was our choice to be? /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 53. *Thought to Ponder . . .* God seldom becomes a reality until God becomes a necessity. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* B I G  B O O K = Believing In G ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 3, 2017* *Readiness* 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 . . .* The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* K I S S  =  Keep It Simple; Surrender. Th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 2, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Solid Ground* But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good. Do not think of what you will get out of the occasion. Think of what you can bring to it. But if you are shaky, you had better work with another alcoholic instead! /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 102  *Thought to Ponder . . .* A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift. *AA-relate ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 1, 2017* *Watch* This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime.  Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.  When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.  Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Love and ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 31, 2017* *Suddenly Realized* The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might start drinking again. He suddenly realized that in order to save himself he must carry his message to another alcoholic. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. xvi *Thought to Ponder . . .* In AA we carry the message ... not the mess. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A L C O H O L I C S  =  A Life Centered On Helping O ...Continue Reading