*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 30, 2017* *Anger* If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.  The grouch and the sudden rage were not for us. Anger is the dubious luxury of normal men, but for us alcoholics it is poison. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 5 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Anger is the wind that blows out the light of reason.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**void **A**nger. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 29, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ 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 Ponder . . .* Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. *AA- ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 28, 2017* *Dividends* . . . he has struck something better than gold. . . . He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product. /- Alcoholics Anonymous, /p. 129 *Thought to Ponder . . .* In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving, or receive without giving. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 27, 2017* *Believe* We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. "Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 47 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* W I ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 26, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Curious* 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?" /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 20  *Thought to Ponder . . .* What have I been given today?  Am I willing to reach out and gr ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 25, 2017* *Solution* There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.  But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 25 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I want the gift of an untroubled mind. *A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 24, 2017* *Destruction* Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things  to the Father of Light who presides over us all. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 14 *Thought to Ponder . . .* New ideals and new attitudes bring a new life. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A B C  =  Accept, Begin, Continue. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, str ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 23, 2017* *Selfishness* So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 62 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 22, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Prayer and Meditation* On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 86  *Thought to Ponder . . .* Prayer asks the question.  Meditation listens for the answer. *AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 21, 2017* *Turn It Over* *Any of us can handle just one day; all each of us has to try at is our own job, our own family life. We don't have to try fixing up the whole world or understanding what no theologian of any faith has ever understood. We simply stop messing in God's business. . . when we stop messing and worrying, we /have/ turned our will and our lives over to God (or Good) as we understand (or don't understand) Him.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 20, 2017* *Fellowship* Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous.  There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* F E L L O W S H I P  =  Faith, Empathy, Le ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 19, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ God* We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend. Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p . 55 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is. *AA-related 'Al ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 18, 2017* *Pain* Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress.  How heartily we A.A.'s can agree with him, for we know that the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity. /- 12 Step & 12 Traditions, / pp. 93 - 94 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. *AA-relate ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 17, 2017* *Watch* 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 . . .* Sobriety is a gift, the price of which is eternal vigilance. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 16, 2017* *Immunity* Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. / ~ Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p89 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Into service out of self. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* S P O N S O R  =  Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your expe ...Continue Reading